Gugulethu Mthembu
Gugulethu Mthembu is a young practising architect, performer and gender activist. Her performance work, entitled Embodiments, has been published and performed internationally. Her work draws on African oral storytelling, slam poetry, design research and critiques of colonial and patriarchal power structures. A graduate of the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, her work argues for the right to present ‘live’ work in place of a traditional written thesis, a tradition that, ironically, replicates the viva voce format of academic and judicial testimonies.
