Street art for the benefit of locals!
Last days have went so fast by adjusting to the new working structure, Mondays and Tuesdays with the children and rest of the week planning painting workshop space and learning local street art culture. I also produced an article for the Finnish youth web magazine about the public space in Cape Town and how street art fits to the picture on producing functional and safe spaces in urban realm! Woodstock, gallery. Now I have been two weeks in Lotus River, paintings done and soccer played, I also attended to a nation building lessons on Monday, where I introduced myself to over 70 kids. Did you know that South Africa has 11 national languages? During this time I have learned a lot of the local culture of the kids in Lotus River. I got a chance to do six interviews about their everyday movement in the city, favourite spaces and places and their feelings of safety and trust. It was interesting to find out how the most popular places for the kids to feel safe ...