AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Sustainable Cities & Communities
KEYWORDS
personal safety, slums, art
COUNTRY
South Africa
DESIGNED BY
Design Indaba Trust
WEBSITE
http://www.anotherlightup.com/
#ANOTHERLIGHTUP
Using street art and crowdfunding to #anotherlightup to help make Monwabisi safer for its residents
#ANOTHERLIGHTUP leverages street art with the capacity of crowd-funded community engagement. The project, which aims to fund the installation of a street light system into one of Cape Town's more dangerous neighbourhoods, empowers individuals with the potential to be active agents in change. Design Indaba Trust, Faith47 and Thingking have teamed up to create a mural that seeks to create a community level change through the duality of art-based social impact. The multi-storey artwork has a visual feedback loop: the wall lights up at night each time enough money is raised for one new light to be installed on a pathway in the informal settlement of Monwabisi Park, Khayelitsha, through the organisation VPUU (Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading).The intricate lighting pattern is an artistic endeavour that also serves as a reminder that there are communities in the city that lack the luxury of light, which is a major public safety concern.