Evil Son is a pilot project for a self-organised art space in Cape Town, South Africa. Through working residencies, exhibitions, discussions, events, and other forms of presentation, EVIL SON aims to be a platform for independent critical practice in contemporary art in Africa. EVIL SON operates under the principle of mentoring sets of young practitioners in running an independent project space for three months at a time. The mentorship is supported locally by Blank Projects in Cape Town, and abroad by SUPERMARKET, the Stockholm Independent Art Fair. This project is made possible through a grant from the Swedish Arts Council. Previous mentorees include the artists Jared Ginsburg, Josh Ginsburg and Kyle Morland – whose project culminated in the exhibition “Bootleg”; and independent curator Clare Butcher who conceived of a weekly programme of discussions, presentations and residencies called ‘Dinner and/...’.