Artist Profiles — Live Filmed Conversations by CounterCult
Join CounterCult Creatives for a live video creative feature session in Cape Town from our new Creative Field Notes series.
This First Thursdays gathering is centered around short-form video journalism — capturing real conversations with local creatives and sharing them across our global channels to connect Cape Town’s cultural voices with creative communities worldwide.
We’ll be hosting live, on-camera interviews with artists, performers, makers, and cultural thinkers. The questions won’t be shared in advance — think documentary-style, curious, and human rather than promotional. The goal is to listen closely, document honestly, and spotlight how creatives see their work, their environment, and the world right now.
This isn’t a traditional networking event. Connection happens through conversation, presence, and being witnessed.
Whether you work in visual art, music, performance, spoken word, experimental practices, or operate a culture-driven space or business, this is an opportunity to be part of an evolving creative archive — one that links local voices to a wider international context.
What to expect:
Live filmed creative features with local creatives
Unscripted, journalist-style questions (not shared beforehand)
Documentation shared across CounterCult Creatives’ global platforms
An intimate, inclusive space focused on listening and storytelling
Free to attend
‼️ We are currently looking for a venue to host this First Thursdays session — if you have a space or know someone who does, please reach out.
📌 Keep an eye on our socials and Linktree for updates, collaboration opportunities, and more events this month!
Hosts:
visiting New York artist Sho Na (Sho) and Slovenian curator Danaja, founders of CounterCult Creatives
Sho Na is an US artist originally from New York, now based in Berlin. About their practice: ARTISTIC WORK THAT ENGAGES BOTH OUTER AND INNER WORLDS: COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS EXPLORING HUMAN CONNECTION AND SHARED EXPERIENCE, ALONGSIDE REFLECTIVE WORKS PROBING MENTAL STATES AND EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPES. BORN INTO A GENERATION INSEPARABLE FROM THE DIGITAL, MY PRACTICE INVESTIGATES WHAT IT MEANS TO EXIST AS BOTH NATURAL AND NETWORKED BEINGS. I AM AN AMERICAN ARTIST BASED IN BERLIN, WORKING ACROSS PAINTING, MURALS, INSTALLATION, AND TATTOOING.
Danaja Antonija Volk (CounterCult Creatives): curator, cultural strategist & co-founder of CounterCult. Program curator and speaker manager for international music, art, and tech conferences, and former Creator Success Manager at Patreon. Danaja’s work centers on connecting creative ecosystems across borders, blending art, music, tech, and community building.