Tentative Schedule (Towards Chale Wote Exhibition)

Hello guys, this is the tentative schedule of activities towards the exhibition at the Chale wote street art festival in September as discussed at the first meetup. I thought it would be best to work on James town because of its relevance to the festival and Kwame Nkrumah circle as a pilot. When we are able to do this successfully, we will then take the other area one after the other towards subsequent exhibitions as discussed.

NB: Dates will be attached to each stage upon consultation with participants soon. This only indicates the sequence of events.

1.       Photography shoot of various locations

·         Kwame Nkrumah Circle

·         James Town

2.       Brainstorming (Online/ meet up) session on what the future holds with respect to specific locations

·         Architecture

·         Transportation

·         Fashion

·         landscape design/ street furniture

·         Urban planning etc.

3.       Discussions (online/ meet up sessions) on how to transform the areas

·         Kwame Nkrumah Circle  (As a transport interchange node or hub)

·         James Town (As a historic, cultural and conservation hub)

4.       Initial sketches and conceptual design and illustration of possible outcomes

·         Architecture

·         Transportation

·         Fashion design/ fashion shoots

·         Landscape design/ street furniture

·         Urban planning and design

5.       3d modelling and composition with photographs

6.       Editing, matte painting and populating

7.       Preparation for final images

8.       Printing for exhibition

·         Stickers

·         Postcards

·         Boards

·         T-shirts

Please leave a comment, questions or contributions below or on our Facebook page and I shall get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.

Videos from first meetup

In this video, the project coordinator, Hassan Salih makes a presentation about the initial idea for the project to participants after which participants one after the other make their comments and suggestions. Watch to catch a glimpse of the excitement around this project.

More videos coming soon.

Project Kick-off

The project kicked off with a meetup at the DC Studio in Osu for interested parties to get to know each other and to explain in more detail what exactly the project is all about. I briefed participants on the original intent of the project and subsequently participants made remarks about their take on the project. I was personally thrilled by the great ideas as well as the very insightful remarks that came from participants and it became very obvious from the start that we were really on to something great. Participants re-iterated the importance of keeping this going and how this project should be a stepping stone to creating a movement of forward thinking creatives but more importantly a movement of doers. Will post a tentative schedule for the project before the weekend. Below are some photos from the meetup.

Genesis of the project

There are several brilliant Ghanaians in various fields of endeavors doing amazing things in this country and all over the world. It is however disappointing that these individuals and their skills have not been harnessed to their full potential towards the development of the country. I have personally been taken aback by the breadth of Ghanaian creatives and how much they are capable of doing. This realization has led me to take keen interest in such people and to device ways of bringing them together in order to instigate a process of discovery and collaboration amongst them. The first step towards achieving this goal of organizing the Ghanaian creative community led to the first Behance Portfolio review meet up in Ghana that brought together creative people including artists, architects, singers and designers in Accra to share and review each others' works.

 

Attendees

Chris Darteh's presentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This subsequently led to the creation of the Behance Ghana group page on Facebook. The second Behance portfolio review event was held on Saturday the 18th of May, 2013. 

 

Mike of designconsultantsgh.com

Setor of setorfia.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This project is in response to a resolution that that was reached at the end of a very inspiring, insightful and captivating meet up. The creative community has the tools that are needed to instigate social and cultural changes in society as long as all creative fields can come together and harness their skills and talents towards a common goal. This project therefore is an experiment involving creatives from different disciplines working together towards a common goal.