{"id":7,"date":"2017-08-06T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T13:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/?p=7"},"modified":"2017-08-10T19:01:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T17:01:19","slug":"district-art-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/focus\/district-art-video\/","title":{"rendered":"District Art <span>[video]<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No other place is home to more captivating or inspiring graffiti than the District Six neighbourhood in Cape Town. You\u2019ll come across images of Maasai people, imitations of contemporary African lifestyles, representations of South African political figures like Nelson Mandela or Steven Biko, and paintings dedicated to public awareness goals \u2013 like the protection of human rights, freedom or honour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02_mandela_blue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02_mandela_blue.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02_mandela_blue-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02_mandela_blue-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02_mandela_blue-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cape Town\u2019s urban art makes a powerful statement in times of uncertainty and decay. Graffiti works are generally seen more as a burden than as a form of art, but the majority of Cape Town\u2019s graffiti artworks deal with current issues, concerns and public sentiment \u2013 the things that matter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05_all_equal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05_all_equal.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05_all_equal-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05_all_equal-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05_all_equal-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>South Africa is heralded as having the world\u2019s most progressive constitution that upholds equality. Internationally, the country is applauded for its multicultural diversity, tolerance and respect for one another. Is this actually the case? <strong>Watch<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wINmgyrgakM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No other place is home to more captivating or inspiring graffiti than the District Six neighbourhood in Cape Town. <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[8,5,6,10,7,9],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baz-art.co.za\/highlights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}