This highlight of the festival is a visceral walkabout with the audience singly exploring tableaux illuminating the crude realities of Grahamstown and South Africa while guided by the hand of a shivering street kid. Brett Bailey’s “Blood Diamonds” is a moving example of outdoor performance art showing the disturbing and fractured relationships that make up South African urban society. The disused Grahamstown Station and derelict graveyard alongside provide a powerful setting for this striking piece. World renowned artist, Bailey spoke to cueTV about his work and how his interest in history has shaped it.

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