LITTLE MOON MONSTERS - Vernissage, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 19h00

Strangely beautiful Creatures emerge from Nyangas rubbish dumps. Ten Teenager from Cape Towns Township Nyanga joined famed Berlin urban artist MYMO in an upycling Art Project to produce these truly mixed media sculptures. We invite you to the Opening of LITTLE MOON MONSTERS at the Kollaborativgallery (Saarbruecker Str. 25 / Ecke Starssburger Str) on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 19h00. We are part of this years Pictoplasma Characterwalk.

Siya-Bengezela eV / Saarbrücker Str. 28, 10405 Berlin / info@siya-bengezela.org / Team

On January 31st, 2011, Siya-Bengezela teamed up with SHAWCO and provided disposable cameras to a group of 25 twelve-year olds from the Nyanga Township on the outskirts of Cape Town. The kids had 48 hours to take pictures before the rolls of film were sent to the printing lab.

A selection of the resulting images will tour internationally and all proceeds from the sale of prints will go directly to the Nyanga Community Centre, located in the heart of one of South Africa’s most violent and impoverished communities.

Siya Bengezela eV  is a nonprofit organisation founded in July 2011 in Berlin by Julia and Myles Lord, Julia von Bismarck, Philip and Betty Borchardt, Dana Brandstetter, Charlotte von Wrede, and Celia Schlüter.

Our aim is to initiate and support art projects in the townships around Cape Town in order to provide local kids with new spaces, platforms and tools, as well as foster new relationships between South Africa and Germany. 
“Siya Bengezela” means “We are shining” in both Xhosa and Zulu.

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