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<h1>About Me</h1>
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<h2>The Short Version</h2>
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<li>In Cyberspace I am nnwhen</li>
<li>
<a target="_blank" href="../sound-design.html">I make Music</a>
and
<a target="_blank" href="../archive.html">Other-Art</a>
</li>
<li>
You are reading this from
<a target="_blank" href="index.html">my blog</a>
</li>
<li>
I am part of
<a
target="_blank"
aria-label="The Contact Collective"
href="https://www.nohlelo.co.za/inject/about"
>Umbutho WokuThintana</a
>
</li>
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<h2>The Long Version</h2>
<h3>'I am nnwhen'</h3>
<p>
'<b>nnwhen</b>' would be best described as: <br />
a <b>moniker</b>; a <b>veil</b>; a <b>pseudonym</b>; a <b>body</b>.
<br />
The name I take in meatspace is different to the name I take here:
<q>nnwhen is bodiless euphoria</q>.
</p>
<p>
The name was chosen in response to and inspired by: my intuition as well
as digital formatting errors.
</p>
<h4>My intuition?</h4>
<p>
Yes. <br />
The sound of 'nnwhen' (ɛnɛnwɛn) when spoken and the
symmetry of the letter 'n' on either side <i>felt</i> right.
</p>
<h4>Formatting Errors?</h4>
<p>
This was a pleasant surprise for me. After testing how the name felt to
read, speak and scrawl; I went to the internet to make sure it was not
already taken. <br />
It wasn't. At least not intentionally...
</p>
<p>
You see, '\n' is an
<a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline"
>escape sequence</a
>. Simply, it is the computer's equivalent to the Enter key: a new line;
\n; newline.
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<p>
Therefore 'nn'when is the result of a computer misinterpreting the
intent of a person pressing Enter twice and starting their new paragraph
with "When".
</p>
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<td>"\n\nwhen"</td>
<td>"nnwhen"</td>
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<p>A glitch; an error.</p>
<h3>'I make Music and Other-Art'</h3>
<p>
The main focus of this site is my passion for the
<a target="_blank" href="../sound-design.html">music I make</a>. The aim
of this site being a repository and CV for those who are looking for
Soundtracking and Sound Design. <br />
Though I cannot completely disentangle the rest of my art from my music.
</p>
<p>
As for <q><b>Other-Art</b></q
>: <a target="_blank" href="../artwork.html">my imagery</a>,
<a target="_blank" href="../poetry/index.html">my poetry</a>,
<a target="_blank" href="index.html">my blog</a>
and little experimental things (like this website itself) also make an
appearance.
</p>
<h3>'I am part of Umbutho WokuThintana'</h3>
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<span><b>Umbutho WokuThintana</b></span> <br />
<q>
Phantsi noHlelo, phantsi! <br />
Singumbutho wabaqambi abasebenzela ubuciko obuningi, kuqukethe inoveli
yesiZulu yohlobo lweSci-Fi; umdlalo weshashalazi; ifilimu; umbukiso
ozwakalayo: “UkuThintana”.
<br />
Singababonanhle ngokwemvelo. Singabazimelegeqe neziphekulankuni
ngokwezenzo. Impokophelo yethu ngumPhakathi.
</q>
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<span><b>The Contact Collective</b></span> <br />
<q>
Down with the System, down! <br />
We are a Collective of Creatives working on an isiZulu Sci-Fi novel;
theatre piece; film; audio-visual experience: "UkuThintana".
<br />
Optimistic in Nature. Anarchist in Practice. Our goal is Community.
</q>
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<p>
The Contact Collective - <i>Umbutho WokuThintana</i> - is an Artist
Collective
</p>
<p>
I take on many roles within this Anarchic Collective; though my official
job
<span style="color: var(--subtitle)"
>- a <i>'job'</i> as <i>'official'</i> as anarchism could allow
-</span
>
is '<b>Creative Lead</b>' and '<b>Production Manager</b>'.
</p>
<p>I take care of:</p>
<ul>
<li>Most admin-related tasks;</li>
<li>Logistics;</li>
<li>Half the load of Theatre Directing;</li>
<li>Sound and Structure on the Audiobook;</li>
<li>
Websites<sup
><a
target="_blank"
aria-label="Website 1"
href="https://umabhengwane.com/"
>[1]</a
><a
target="_blank"
aria-label="Website 2"
href="https://nohlelo.co.za"
>[2]</a
></sup
>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://instagram.com/ukuthintana"
>Instagram</a
>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://tiktok.com/@ukuthintana">TikTok</a>
</td>
<td>
<a target="_blank" href="https://nohlelo.co.za/inject/about"
>Website</a
>
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<td>--</td>
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target="_blank"
aria-label="Coffee"
href="https://ko-fi.com/ukuthintana"
>Ko-Fi</a
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<a target="_blank" href="https://facebook.com/ukuthintana"
>Facebook</a
>
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>Twitter</a
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It is important to mention that I do not feel fragmented between my
two names. They are different <i>bodies</i>, <i>vehicles</i>,
<i><b>intentions</b></i
>; not identities. <br />
The freedom of being nnwhen, an entity of my own actualisation, has
made the act of claiming my art as my own possible.
<u>I killed perfectionism</u>.
<br />
<br />
nnwhen's philosophy is one and the same as my own. <br />
nnwhen's ambitions as a project is one and the same as my own.
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