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Athi-Patra Ruga Quotes

born 1984 South Africa

Athi-Patra Ruga (born in 1984) is a South African artist who uses performance, photography, video, textiles, and printmaking to explore notions of utopia and dystopia, material and memory. His work explores the body in relation to sensuality, culture, and ideology, often creating cultural hybrids.

South Africa
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We both work on the tapestry, but the designs are from me — I choose everything.

I used to be a frustrated writer. So you’re right.

I love the idea of bathing in paradox. I think that’s how I’m surviving in this world. I’m very aware of paradox.

I’m here to bare witness to the times we live in. I’m here to write the greatest story ever told. That’s what wakes me up in the morning.

It was constantly crossing that border post as a young boy that made me realised I could perform, that I could change my behaviour and become someone else.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Athi-Patra Ruga (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.