 Mongrel X: a ground breaking digital arts collective developing workshop based projects to engage with marginalised groups. | Haring Woods have recently begun a collaboration with digital artist group Mongrel X who are renowned for engaging internationally with marginalised groups in digital media arts and emerging technologies for self expression, communication and social change.
Haring Woods and Mongrel X are developing a London based project which will target marginalised youth, street gangs, neets (not in education, employment or training) and at risk youth. Mongrel X are equally comfortable working with both hard to reach groups as well as mainstream students, on the issues of climate change and governance, to be showcased as part of the wider international Place on Earth initiative.
Mongrel X's main objective is to create environments where people who have a disconnect within society can work together with Mongrel X's team to gain inclusion and raise aspirations for themselves and begin to direct their own futures. Mongrel X achieve this by taking away steep learning curves and building confidence with essential practical information and communication technologies (ICT) and social life skills that generate fast positive results.
Mongrel X have been at the forefront of participatory ICT training for over 14 years, developing groundbreaking, pioneering and successful projects and workshops.
Haring Woods saw an immediate connection between the work that Mongtrel X have been developing and delivering and our Perception AREA methodology which uses artists to create non-confrontational situations to gather perceptions from target community groups. Similarly, Mongrel X use their vast experiences both in community and digital arts to engage with the unique social dynamics that exist within our disadvantaged communities and they acknowledge that a certain kind of approach is required in order to communicate and illicit viable relationships and partnerships with both young people and hard to reach groups.
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