Desire Marea, best known as one half of South African performance art duo FAKA, has released a debut album.speaks to Marea about going solo and the inspiration behind the creative expression.– consists of nine tracks and a music video for the lead single, You Think I’m Horny, which was released late last year.
The imagining and coming to life of this queer utopia, where you can be yourself freely, continues to drive an artistic and proud revolution in the world. Your album is both haunting and empowering. What would you say pushed you towards creating this solo project and how has that journey been? In this album I explore the realisation that the entire experience of being queer in this world may be something to heal from. My experience as a black queer South African was the void I spoke from.
I would love to make a video for every song because each of them is a key frame in this vast narrative. Tavern Kween, a track on the album, is definitely prioritised and how soon I deliver depends on funding at this point.