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WHO?
- young people moving in and out of the city
- kids on school buses
- teenagers in clubs
- young adults in shopping malls
- anyone who is interested in our message
- soccer / football fans
- gangsters
- hs kids
- teachers
WHEN?
- at lunchtime
- after school
- in the evenings when people go out
- on weekends
- randomly
- holidays
- 6 x before Cape
- rush hour
- monthly
- recess
KEYWORD
- assertive, transgressive, fun, growth, knowledge, express, discover
SITE? WHERE?
- everywhere (street parade?) mobile interventions, live performances
- heritage sites, monuments
- school lunch room, street corner
- clubs, shebeens, public places, Greenmarket Square, St Georges Mall, Company Gardens, Thibault Square, train station, taxi rank
- nature's unexplored territories
- places of contraditions (man like animal)
- places of high expectation and importance (turned on its head)
- robot intersections, train station, taxi rank, bus stops
- street
- trees (on, under)
QUESTIONS
- Where does the power of the youth lie?
- What do we mean by YOUTH? What categorises the different sectors within this definition? Should we position ourselves where different age group interests overlap - in technology, public transport, educational institutions, entertainment venues?
- What concerns do young people have besides the cliches of AIDS and violence in their communities? How can we address these vital issues in new, inventive ways?
- Where do 'youth' hang out? How can we interrupt the lives of 'youth'? How can we intervene? Where do we have to be? Who do we have to be?
- How do young people move through the city, and what are their desires?
- How do they move through the city based on their prime needs and wants?
- What are y'all doing to change the situation?
- What is cool?
- Can we turn our most prized possession into an art piece? (tangible/intangible)
- What do we mean when we say 'the city'? How far does it reach? Who lives there?
- What separates us humans from animals? To be human supreme
- Why y'all so angry?
- Whose responsibility is it?
- different kinda fun
GOAL? WHY?
- spread the word
- win the Pulitzer
- wake y'all up
- to stimulate the imagination of better lives
- hear what they want to say
- get y'all thinking
- change your way of thinking
- generate revenue
- to express and experience the relationship between knowledge and power = freedom
- young people to hear from each other
ISSUES
- life
- history
- globalisation
- Africa
- relationships
- politics
- purpose
- fitting it
- sex
- money
- hiv / aids
- domestic violence
- child abuse
- relationships, parenthood, drugs, alcohol, celebrity
- identity
- jobs, drop out, passing matric
- selfishness of knowledge = power
- language, cellphones, tv, music
- humanity vs animal, discovering more about your culture and who you want to be
MATERIAL
- found street objects, lights at night
- tagging, performance intervention (live bodies), flashmob, making the private public
- natural habitat and its boundaries
- paper wars (walls?)
- what we consider private, thoughts, all all posessions tangible and intangible
OBJECT
- simultaneous events, party
- lunchboxes, shoelaces, pencils, "DOGS"
- notepads, change purse, bracelets
- matchboxes, postcards, murals, playing cards
- pins, pendants
- zine, comic book
- gate crash
- put questions on blog, to post answers
- building front, inside shop window displays, print on sweet wrappers
MEDIA
- webcams
- stickers
- SMS messaging
- poetry, music
- film
- radio sound bites
- billboards
- freeways, banners, buildings, windows, roofs
- flyers, posters
- t-shirts, fashion, murals, design, storefronts, pavements
- stuff people want to keep, trasure: removable tattoos, stickers, postcards, bookmarks
- Bush radio, facebook, LED banner
- temporary tattoos
- signs on top of robots
- stalls next to bus shelters targeting unanswered questions, discussions of choice while you wait
- Cape Town community television
- News Media insert
HOW?
- catch-phrase, slang, new trend
- scandal, controversy, spectacle
- re-enactment of human vs animal
- public enactments - how to turn your possessions into art, like playing your favourite song at a bus stop
- poetry pin ups installations and bus shelters
- fashion, trend, clothing accessories
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