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Design News South Africa

Banksy lecture today at CPUT

Following the announcement, 'Are you the new Banksy?' competition from Learning Curve, Larissa Elliot, art director from Saatchi & Saatchi and a former University of Stellenbosch BA honours graduate, will be giving a lecture today, Monday, 20 September 2010 on her thesis submitted for The Berlin School of Creative Leadership's (EMBA course) on Popular Culture.

This will include a short film on Banksy with examples of his latest work and other popular culture artists from Africa who are influencing American and European commercial arts culture. She will be part of the judging panel on behalf of Saatchi & Saatchi.

Learning Curve will be briefing the students on how to register and enter and will hand out free copies of one small seed magazine at the event.

The organisation can offer the Larissa lecture on popular culture to other institutions should they request it.

Lecturers and students can keep posted on the Banksy competition developments by visiting www.onesmallseed.net and go to Banksy competition under competitions tab and follow the instructions.

CPUT is challenging all other South African colleges and universities to raise the highest number of competitors. The competition closes on 22 October.

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