{"id":56503,"date":"2021-07-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newimages-hub.com\/?p=56503"},"modified":"2021-09-15T09:47:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T07:47:19","slug":"newimages-festival-xabiso-vili-sonwabo-valashiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newimages-hub.com\/en\/newimages-festival-xabiso-vili-sonwabo-valashiya\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback 2021 NewImages Festival&#8230; With Xabiso Vili &#038; Sonwabo Valashiya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div      class=\"chapo \"><p>As part of the 4th edition of NewImages Festival (June 9-13), the students from Estienne school have producted an interview series which spotlight on actors from XR industry. We unveil an other episode just below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/P3wCsi8JJvw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Xabiso Vili<\/strong> is a writer, performer and author. He seeks technological innovation for community healing and catharsis. <strong>Sonwabo Valashiya<\/strong> is a graphic designer and illustrator. He works to celebrate African aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, they question the perception of future generations about their <a href=\"https:\/\/newimages-hub.com\/en\/presentation-edition-2021\/ar-exhibition-re-member-your-descendants\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newimages-hub.com\/en\/presentation-edition-2021\/ar-exhibition-re-member-your-descendants\/\">AR exhibition: Remember Your Descendants<\/a> (created as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/newimages-hub.com\/en\/program-industry-day-2021\/programs-residencies\/xr-residency-africa-france\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newimages-hub.com\/en\/program-industry-day-2021\/programs-residencies\/xr-residency-africa-france\/\">their residency with the Digital Lab Africa<\/a>) and focus on the notion of cultural heritage and the importance of archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thanks to Luana Doeur, Emmanuel Kaminski, Basil Noordanus-Calmels from DSAA DCN, Estienne School!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/newimages-hub.com\/en\/flashback-on-the-2021-newimages-festival\/\">Watch the series<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the South African artists, Xabiso Vili and Sonwabo Valashiya through this interview producted during the 4th edition of NewImages Festival!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1607,"featured_media":56567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Throwback 2021 NewImages Festival... 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