Creative Change Laboratory

16/09/2021

Creative Change Laboratory is now on WhatsApp.

Creative Change Laboratory is now on WhatsApp.

16/09/2021

CCoLAB is back with a new zine-making project. The project is called transformLAB and will focus on dreaming about a transformed, inclusive and critically diverse higher education environment. TransformLAB is envisioned as a laboratory for creative resistance, a space to dream and imagine alternatives to the transformation status quo.

Learn more about our idea and apply: https://forms.office.com/r/gJ1ekGqBMb

24/06/2020

While the Creative Change Laboratory is in hibernation until our next lab, we are still thinking about how art methods can be used to change the world. Here are a series of infographics which creatively unpack how the Covid-19 crisis is impacting access and enjoyment of education.

Find the full infographic series here:http://www.oic.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/470/Documents/home/Leaving-no-one-behind_OIC_Covid-19-tool.pdf?utm_source=mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DVC%3A+Research+%26+Internationalisation&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oic.uct.ac.za%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimage_tool%2Fimages%2F470%2FDocuments%2Fhome%2FLeaving-no-one-behind_OIC_Covid-19-tool.pdf

15/01/2020

Is it just me or does woman rhyme with human

"My art works is about raising awareness about gender-based violence as well as refugees. I used dark-pigmented women instead of light pigmented women because even thought there's discrimination against race there's also colourism." - Winnie Mazarire. Winnie was a collaborator during season 1 of CCoLAB.

15/01/2020

On the Margins - by Zintle Olayi

"I work a lot in NGO spaces looking at social ills and people in marginilized communities, in terms of access to services, in terms of access to information. And so I made a documentary about the services that are available that people don't neccesarily know about." - Zintle Olayi. Learn more about the prototype Zintle created during CCoLAB or see the full documentary here: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeChangeLaboratory/videos/2526647684233902/

13/12/2019

Building solidarity instead of stigma for mental health

"My piece or work is touching on mental health, as someone who has suffered for many years with mental illness, I've always felt isolated", Diego de Abreu. Watch the video to learn more about Diego's prototype developed during Season 1 of the Creative Change Laboratory.

12/12/2019

No body should be excluded because of size

"Body positivity in a nutshell: is the child of fat liberation movements and fat activists movements. No body should be excludes because of size or shape", Mamello Modutle. Watch the video to learn more about Mamello's prototype developed during Season 1 of the Creative Change Laboratory.

10/12/2019

Taking green spaces to neighborhoods that need it

"Green is a colour with many benefits for health. Grass, trees, they're all very beneficial to health. But also there is a lack of green spaces in township areas. There is a lot of development taking place, a lot of houses packed together, it's very rare for somebody to interact with a green space", Masechaba Khoza. Watch the video to learn more about Masechaba's prototype developed during Season 1 of the Creative Change Laboratory.

06/12/2019

Doll-making as healing for women

"Dolls are one of the most common represenations of women that we have. Often it's more focussed on the aesthetics of how women look and how they should look. But I wanted to focus on what makes a women on the inside, what burdens women, what they have to hold and what they have to carry inside of them", Sydney Adams. Watch the video to learn more about Sydney's prototype developed during Season 1 of the Creative Change Laboratory.

03/12/2019

Survivors want to feel supported and held

"I want to give survivors a space, where they can be with other survivors, so that they don't feel alone", Amanda Rybicka. Learn more about Amanda's prototype developed during Season 1 of the Creative Change Laboratory.

02/12/2019

The Creative Change Laboratory Journey

2019 has been journey. Here's to bigger dreams in 2020.

02/12/2019

The Creative Change Laboratory Journey

Just over a year ago the Creative Change Laboratory (CCoLAB) was born. CCoLAB was always an experiment, an experiment which asked - what happens when we give marginilized youth skills and tools to build creative solutions to the problems they're facing. In October 2019 we hosted our first exhibition. The exhibition displayed these innovative solutions and created space for critical conversations on the powerful ways art can reshape the world.

Want to support the second season of CCoLAB? Donate here: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/empowering-lgbtiaq-youth-using-art-za/

01/12/2019

Mini exhibition of body-maps created by collaborators during season 1 of CCoLAB and a communal art making table at @ Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa

26/11/2019

Be The Narrative — JustLabs

How can we use art to shift narratives on human rights?

The transformational changes the human rights movement needs to make to be effective in the 21st century.

31/10/2019

How dance has helped Thusi uplift lives of other people

Amazing story on using dance to change the world.

With a fervent love for making a difference you might confuse Kwanele Finch Thusi’s passion for the arts with his passion for the stage.

30/10/2019

Amanda talks about the creative project she focussed on during season 1 of the Creative Change Laboratory. Amanda exhibited her work at the Indumba Yolwazi: a place for sacred knowledge exhibition.

30/10/2019

On Saturday, 26th October 2019, the Creative Change Laboratory launched it's first exhibition. The exhibition marked the end to an intense and exciting year of reflecting, creating and curating! Have a peek of our collective work. Photographer: Stefanie Slawski of Life Brand.

30/10/2019

On the margin

"On the margin" is a short documentary by Zintle Olayi, a collaborator at the Creative Change Laboratory (CCoLAB). Zintle's documentary captures the voices and stories of organisations offering services to marginilized communities in Cape Town. Zintle created this documentary as their creative project during CCoLAB Season 1. The documentary was launched on the 25th October 2019 during the opening of the Indumba Yolwazi: a place for sacred knowledge exhibition.

29/10/2019

Timeline photos

The Creative Change Laboratory (CCoLAB) hosted Indumba Yolwazi
(A place for sacred knowledge).

The exhibition, held at Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education, marked the culmination of a year-long process in which art has been used to facilitate positive social change.
(SOURCE: CCoLAB / PICTURES: LIFE brand)

University of Cape Town

21/10/2019

We're finalizing the last pieces of the exhibition. We're so excited to celebrate with you this weekend.

21/10/2019

Please note that the Creative Change Laboratory OpenLAB (25th October) and exhibition opening (26th October) have reached maximum capacity. We are unable to host any more guest at this stage. Keep an eye out on our social media platforms for updates from the event.

18/10/2019

Maverick Citizen: Weekend: Love and Justice: Sixteen young South Africans paint a better world

Learn more about the Creative Change Laboratory's process and methodology in this article by the Daily Maverick.

"A capacity to recover quickly from setbacks – resilience, in other words – is something Khan and Marnell’s group of young people will have to learn and relearn if their aim is to continue being activists or artists once CCoLAB wraps up with an exhibition at Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education at the end of October. Dealing with intellectual disdain, hurtful personal comments and threats of violence are part of what they signed up for. It goes with the territory: pressing for social change has always been a thankless task."

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-10-17-love-and-justice-sixteen-young-south-africans-paint-a-better-world/

Malala Yousafzai, Emma Gonzalez, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and – most recently in the news – Greta Thunberg are not the first young people to breathe fire down the establishment’s neck, but they have turned the world’s attention to the fact that teenagers are neither indifferent to the world’s ...

18/10/2019

We've started our countdown to the exhibition. 7 more days and 7 sneak peaks for you! 😂🤩🥳😎

17/10/2019

Look at what just arrived! 🙆🏾‍♂️🤩🤩😁 . Will we see you at the Indumba Yolwazi: a place for sacred knowledge exhibition?

15/10/2019

Meet the activist, artist and all-round-amazing young people exhibiting at Indumba Yolwazi: a place for sacred knowledge. The exhibition brings to a close season one of the Creative Change Laboratory. Will you be joining us at the exhibition? Photographs by Mia Thom.

11/10/2019

Do you know you can leave feedback about the Creative Change Laboratory page? Rate our page or write a recommendation.

11/10/2019

Two weeks till our first exhibition. Indumba Yolwazi: a place for sacred knowledge is going to be amazing! Will we see you there?

11/10/2019

CCoLAB is part of a community of change-makers!

The Creative Change Laboratory received it's seedfunding through the Facebook Community Leadership Programme (FCLP). FCLP offered CCoLAB the opportunity to connect with a global network of innovators, activists and artists - all using platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp to make the world a better place. Learning more about FCLP here!

10/10/2019

Look at this magic we've dropped. An experimental soundscape capturing the voice, resistance and spirit of youth.

Have a listen: https://ccolab.bandcamp.com/

07/10/2019

Pride in our Past

A slice of q***r history

01/10/2019

Indumba Yolwazi: A Place For Sacred Knowledge Exhibition

Learn more about Masechaba's experience at CCoLAB.

01/10/2019

Have a look at this amazing event.

Calling all creatives to join us looking at ways to be creative entrepreneurs. The event is free to the public this Thursday

18/09/2019

Creative Change Laboratory updated their address.

Creative Change Laboratory updated their address.