The Live Art Festival, presented by the Gordon Institute of Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) overflows with work that is transgressive both in form and in content, with the body as a primary site of contention.

 Accepting that while hair exists as a mere fraction of our biological composition, it remains one of the single most dominating markers of our own attractiveness and identity; Strand is a performance art installation, produced by Nobukho Nqaba, Shariffa Ali and Sam Mabaso, that seeks to unwrap these complex relationships.