DECOREX CAPE TOWN 2025

During the four days of Decorex I showcased images I had taken while living in Papua New Guinea for three years. A huge part of the collection were images taken during the Annual Goroka Festival. Where different Sing-sing groups, from all over Papua New Guinea, gather to share in the beauty of their culture through music and dance.

For this exhibition, I decided to paint the backdrop a dark green to represent the lushness of the highlands of Papua New Guinea. I would describe the land as being so fertile that you could drop a seed anywhere and it would sprout without any resistance.

The images against the dark green background showcased the beauty and culture that I was fortunate to witness when I was there. During the show, I can’t tell how many times my jaw dropped because of the immense creativity I was witnessing. What blew me away was the use of nature, to create the most beautiful works of art. It made me realise the immense creativity that human beings hold. How true connection to nature can make you see the boundless possibilities that it holds. I mean I am obsessed with people, culture and nature . Papua New Guinea was all of that on steroids.

You know what I have learnt from travelling, meeting different people and seeing what humans create, is that we are meant to be inspired by each other. We create to inspire, we create in order to wake something up in the next person. That is to me the only true purpose of our outer differences. It is not to separate but to connect.