Dates: January to May 2005 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Orgs Involved: Ja.1n.Us, BlackFlair Productions (BFP), ReUnited Syblings and local Jozi NGOs (Creative Inner-City Initiative, Pioneers of Change, Lapeng Arts
Project Goal: Platform for street youth to tell stories of thier post-apartheid lives in Jozi
Methodology: Spontaneous mural painting and spoken word freetsyle sessions
Funders: Local small businesses, guerrilla fundraising tactics
Jump-off: UNITY Gallery, Braamfontein, Jo-Burg
The Mystory Project seeks to create platforms for international urban youth to collaborate through spontaneous creative expressions in an effort to supplement and displace colonized, oppressed and marginalized histories. Inaugurated in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 2005, the Project has established itself as a vehicle for allowing non-artists to participate in relevant discourses existing in visual, musical and literary expressions – discourses that pertain to prevalent issues such as education and prevention strategies for HIV/AIDS, racism and pluralism, and preservation and integration of indigenous knowledge.
