It is an honour for us to announce our next and final resident for 2026, Deaquen van Rooyen. Winner of the Merit Award for Poetry at the Purple Mountain Youth Day Festival (2025), Deaquen holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Ethics from the University of the Western Cape. He is an emerging rapper and political poet and his practice takes shape around matters of identity, economic marginalisation and the violence of poverty.
Deaquen van Rooyen, 20–24 September
