About Us

Founder, CEO, Creative, Project Manager, does most of the work, delegates when necessary.

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Cami started her career in 2003, at the age of 16, as a PA at Authentic Ideas, who ran Woodstock - one of the top youth music festivals in the country at the time. She was with the company for five years, while she studied a masters degree in Anthropology, an honors degree in Philosophy with undergrad studies in Film, Visual and Performance Art, Stop-Frame Animation, South African Film and Theatre, International Relations and English.

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Over the last 20 years she has worked in events, advertising, corporate communications and film split between project management, digital marketing management and content creation, performance, art department and everything in between. She is a creative swiss army knife.

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Cami has run circuses, travelled the world and the country playing music, managed SANRAL's Cheki-Coast, Supa Strikas, ICORP and The Changing Tides Foundation's Social Media Campaigns, created content, produced décor and entertainment for the TOPS at SPAR Bierfest and Wineshow. She has worked on international film and television productions for BBC Prime, HBO, Netflix, Amazon Prime and kykNet.

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She got tired of producing worlds and content that had momentary impact and decided to jump ship and start building the new world.

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She has a love for nature, all things regenerative, and has spent the last 8 years immersing herself in this sphere, working as a free-diving guide for Shark Warriors, creating natural soaps and lifestyle products with Foraged, hosting seaweed foraging workshops, working with conservation NGO's in counter-poaching, and utilising all the skills she has procured to better the world.

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She currently lives in a cabin in a forest off-grid - in close proximity to a good surf break and seaweed foraging spot -  learning to live off the land and growing her own food, with her two dogs Zeke and Jake, her a surf board and a host of musical instruments; running this empire like a philosopher king in a Douglas Adams novel..

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Sustainability Consultant

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Emilia is a  permaculture designer, consultant and facilitator, founder and past co-director of Sustainable Abundance Permaculture, and sustainability lecturer at Cheeba Cannabis Academy in Johannesburg.

After completing a Bachelor of Architectural Studies at WITS, Emilia dabbled in digital art and animation before discovering Permaculture. 

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Emilia completed her Permaculture Design Course in 2015 through Permaculture South Africa, now known as Serenity Permaculture under Hazel and Andrew Mugford. After a year of solo practice she joined Sustainable Abundance Permaculture in 2016. 

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She has been involved in numerous projects from small kitchen gardens to community scale food gardens. She's also an Ecopreneurs facilitator at Food and Trees for Africa.

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 Emilia has played a key role in the development of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) digital system which is being developed by Straight from the Ground (NPC). This system links small-scale organic farmers to a market through a box scheme, physical store and app.

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Sustainable and regenerative systems are Emilia’s passion and she is continuously learning within these fields, using her knowledge to empower people to take care of their own food needs, designing and building food and forest gardens and tapping into the abundance of our mother planet for the benefit of all.

PR and Copy

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Born and bred in Manchester UK, Deryn found her way to Johannesburg, South Africa in 1995 via Spain, France and Greece. She remains a Brit by birth but is South African by choice. She has worked in the hospitality industry in marketing, as a radio and tv producer and as the PR &
Communications Manager for the country’s official buy local advocacy campaign, Proudly South African.

She is the founder of her own copywriting and editing agency, Lorem Ipsum and works with a
diverse range of clients creating content. She also writes for pleasure and is in the process of
revising the second draft of her first novel.

Deryn is the mother of 2 adult sons, one of whom is in the UK and one in Johannesburg. She is the owner of a rescue Ridgeback dog, a keen walker and reader. She is an eternal optimist for herself, her native and adopted countries and indeed the entire planet, even though sometimes it’s hard.

Photography and Videography

Illustration

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Warren Raysdorf is an illustrator, designer, and sequential artist. Warren completed his Diploma in Graphic Design at The Centre for Fine Art, Animation and Design in Durban 2009.  He is the founder of Free Beer Comics as well as Sketch Warz – a live art initiative.

Warren has had works published in numerous publications  from Newspapers such as the Mercury, Daily News, Sunday Tribune, The Mail & Guardian and more. He has also seen his work published by Shuter & Shooter, Supa Strikas, Sector Comics, Oxford University Press Southern Africa to name a few.

Warren was the winner of the Multi-platform Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award in 2018: along with Kim Harrisberg, and Mohale Mashigo from Health E-News.

He has worked on over 70 issues of Supa Strikas monthly comic book as and inker and illustrator. He  also has 2 years experience working inhouse as a game designer and illustrator for Wondelabz.

Animator, Illustrator, Concept Artist

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Clinton is a Cape Town based freelance digital artist. He has worked on 4 seasons of Supa Strikas doing post production on the worldwide hit show. Other past clients include Vodacom, Disney and Govchat as well as helping bring to life the first animated story based on the Nama people of South Africa.

He enjoys collabing with his fellow artists making cool animated artworks. When not pushing pixels he enjoys cycling, lindyhop, cooking, reading, climbing, snorkling, gaming, dark humour and upping his Blender knowledge in order to make more kickass animations.

Corporate Theatre and Music Workshops

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Davide studied Fine Art at Durban Tech and Performance Art at UCT.

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He was winner of New Signatures exhibition at NSA gallery, and performed in theaters around South Africa and in UK. He studied music and ethnomusicology and has gigged at many major festivals and venues, as well as an international tour with his band Shamanzi. He is an instrument builder, sound engineer, video editor.

During the last years of Apartheid, he was part of a project in Suurbraak to bring together high school youth together from segregated white, coloured and black schools, for 2 to 3 week camps. With the participants, they workshopped drama skits, played indigenous music, worked in the organic gardens, built with wattle and daub, created art, went on a day hike, and after each camp, did a performance in Cape Town showcasing the activities of the camp. 

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To get his daughter through school, Davide worked for over a decade in corporate theater, as Sonic Weaver Productions, from designing big productions to solo/duo performance art. He created music for the shows in his home studio, made costumes and props, scripted the shows and performed. He also worked with kids entertainment as a pixie character, and did storytelling with school kids using music and participation.

Music and Dance Workshops

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Sun Xa Experiment Harmonizing Communities:

The Sun Xa Experiment, a cultural music project that enriches local culture through art and music. 

In the heart of every community lies its unique culture, a vibrant tapestry woven by traditions, art, music, and shared experiences. In this context, a local cultural music project plays a pivotal role in not just preserving but also enriching these cultural values, making significant contributions to their community.

Sun Xa Experiment gives back to local communities within the country through the dual mediums of art and music.  The band believes heavily on artistic engagement and community integration.  The band serves as a bridge; connecting diverse elements within a community, by curating events that bring people together, and fostering unity through shared cultural experiences.

The project hosts free concerts, workshops, and music lessons and creates accessible platforms for all community members to participate in and appreciate local culture and arts. This promotes a sense of belonging, and cultivates an appreciation for the community's rich cultural heritage.  This is evident within interactions with organizations’ such as Thanda Community Center, that Sun Xa Experiment has had a community art relationship with, that dates back to 2020.

The band often hold workshops and training sessions for young people, teaching them about music, art, and culture, which includes, making their own musical instrument, playing djembe drum, dance, singing, and string instruments like electric guitar and bass guitar. This not only equips the youth with new skills but also instills in them a deep respect for their cultural heritage and for the music that is fused into culture.

Such an initiative fosters the growth of a new generation of artists and culture-bearers, ensuring the continuance of local traditions and arts. 

Sun Xa Experiment utilizes the facilitates healing in the communities they work with, using the power of connection to address social issues. The band composes and performs songs that tackle pressing community issues, using their platform to raise awareness and drive change.

Additionally, they often participate in therapeutic music programs, helping community members cope with trauma or stress.