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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>
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<a target="_blank" href="../sound-design.html">I make Music</a>
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and
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<a target="_blank" href="../archive.html">Other-Art</a>
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You are reading this from
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<a target="_blank" href="index.html">my blog</a>
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I am part of
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target="_blank"
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aria-label="The Contact Collective"
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href="https://www.nohlelo.co.za/inject/about"
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>Umbutho WokuThintana</a
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<h2>The Long Version</h2>
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<h3>'I am nnwhen'</h3>
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'<b>nnwhen</b>' would be best described as: <br />
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a <b>moniker</b>; a <b>veil</b>; a <b>pseudonym</b>; a <b>body</b>.
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The name I take in meatspace is different to the name I take here:
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<q>nnwhen is bodiless euphoria</q>.
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The name was chosen in response to and inspired by: my intuition as well
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as digital formatting errors.
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<h4>My intuition?</h4>
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Yes. <br />
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The sound of 'nnwhen' (ɛnɛnwɛn) when spoken and the
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symmetry of the letter 'n' on either side <i>felt</i> right.
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<h4>Formatting Errors?</h4>
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This was a pleasant surprise for me. After testing how the name felt to
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read, speak and scrawl; I went to the internet to make sure it was not
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already taken. <br />
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It wasn't. At least not intentionally...
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You see, '\n' is an
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<a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline"
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>escape sequence</a
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>. Simply, it is the computer's equivalent to the Enter key: a new line;
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\n; newline.
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Therefore 'nn'when is the result of a computer misinterpreting the
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intent of a person pressing Enter twice and starting their new paragraph
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with "When".
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<td>"\n\nwhen"</td>
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<td>"nnwhen"</td>
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<p>A glitch; an error.</p>
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<h3>'I make Music and Other-Art'</h3>
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The main focus of this site is my passion for the
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<a target="_blank" href="../sound-design.html">music I make</a>. The aim
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of this site being a repository and CV for those who are looking for
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Soundtracking and Sound Design. <br />
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Though I cannot completely disentangle the rest of my art from my music.
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As for <q><b>Other-Art</b></q
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>: <a target="_blank" href="../artwork.html">my imagery</a>,
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<a target="_blank" href="../poetry/index.html">my poetry</a>,
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<a target="_blank" href="index.html">my blog</a>
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and little experimental things (like this website itself) also make an
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appearance.
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<h3>'I am part of Umbutho WokuThintana'</h3>
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<span><b>Umbutho WokuThintana</b></span> <br />
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Phantsi noHlelo, phantsi! <br />
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Singumbutho wabaqambi abasebenzela ubuciko obuningi, kuqukethe inoveli
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yesiZulu yohlobo lweSci-Fi; umdlalo weshashalazi; ifilimu; umbukiso
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ozwakalayo: “UkuThintana”.
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Singababonanhle ngokwemvelo. Singabazimelegeqe neziphekulankuni
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ngokwezenzo. Impokophelo yethu ngumPhakathi.
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</q>
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<p style="background-color: var(--blog-box); padding: 10px 15px">
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<span><b>The Contact Collective</b></span> <br />
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Down with the System, down! <br />
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We are a Collective of Creatives working on an isiZulu Sci-Fi novel;
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theatre piece; film; audio-visual experience: "UkuThintana".
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Optimistic in Nature. Anarchist in Practice. Our goal is Community.
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The Contact Collective - <i>Umbutho WokuThintana</i> - is an Artist
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Collective
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I take on many roles within this Anarchic Collective; though my official
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job
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>- a <i>'job'</i> as <i>'official'</i> as anarchism could allow
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-</span
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is '<b>Creative Lead</b>' and '<b>Production Manager</b>'.
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<p>I take care of:</p>
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<li>Most admin-related tasks;</li>
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<li>Logistics;</li>
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<li>Half the load of Theatre Directing;</li>
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<li>Sound and Structure on the Audiobook;</li>
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Websites<sup
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aria-label="Website 1"
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href="https://umabhengwane.com/"
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target="_blank"
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aria-label="Website 2"
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href="https://nohlelo.co.za"
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>[2]</a
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></sup
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<h4>Links for The Collective:</h4>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://instagram.com/ukuthintana"
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>Instagram</a
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<a target="_blank" href="https://nohlelo.co.za/inject/about"
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>Website</a
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<td>--</td>
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It is important to mention that I do not feel fragmented between my
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two names. They are different <i>bodies</i>, <i>vehicles</i>,
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<i><b>intentions</b></i
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>; not identities. <br />
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The freedom of being nnwhen, an entity of my own actualisation, has
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made the act of claiming my art as my own possible.
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<u>I killed perfectionism</u>.
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nnwhen's philosophy is one and the same as my own. <br />
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nnwhen's ambitions as a project is one and the same as my own.
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