Mikhail Peppas
Media entrepreneur and film historian Mikhail Peppas holds a PhD in Visual Anthropology. He is an Honorary Research Associate in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the Durban University of Technology.
His interests cover graphic narratives, comic book production, photography, board games, streets as living texts, city identity and sustainable living activations.
Peppas was awarded the 2017 Simon ‘Mabhunu’ Sabela Film and Television Award for Lifetime Achievement. Firsts for Africa originated by Peppas include: a film school called the Free Film School and a community television station, Greater Durban Television (GDTV).
His photograph entry, ‘Equus with Warrior: Ancient Intersections’ was selected as a finalist in the 2018 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition and was featured in the Exhibition of Winning Works at Pretoria Art Museum.
Peppas was selected as a participant in the 2019 American Arts Incubator – South Africa at KZNSA Gallery.
He is Vice-Chairman of Durban Central Tourism.
His interests cover graphic narratives, comic book production, photography, board games, streets as living texts, city identity and sustainable living activations.
Peppas was awarded the 2017 Simon ‘Mabhunu’ Sabela Film and Television Award for Lifetime Achievement. Firsts for Africa originated by Peppas include: a film school called the Free Film School and a community television station, Greater Durban Television (GDTV).
His photograph entry, ‘Equus with Warrior: Ancient Intersections’ was selected as a finalist in the 2018 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition and was featured in the Exhibition of Winning Works at Pretoria Art Museum.
Peppas was selected as a participant in the 2019 American Arts Incubator – South Africa at KZNSA Gallery.
He is Vice-Chairman of Durban Central Tourism.
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Mikhail PeppasWalking Event SWS20
The spaces between the words – Practices of locative literature
· 2020-09-25 18:00
