Chow Kit Kita is a community mapping project by teens, for teens, who live in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. By the end of this project, teenagers will produce a map of Chow Kit from their point of view.
Inspired by a community project called ‘My Balik Pulau’ by Arts-Ed Penang, the Chow Kit Kita map is intended to show how children think and feel about their community. The complete map will incorporate information relevant to the everyday lives of Chow Kit children such as affordable food, hang out spots, public facilities, transportation guide, shopping places and more.
To cover all this information, the project is divided into 6 phases. Each phase covers different themes of the map and runs 4 months with 10 – 15 different teenage participants each time. The theme for Phase 1 is Ethnicity & Religion
Phase 1 participants will go through 6 workshops: illustration, photography, video, acting, t-shirt printing, and research. At the end of phase 1, the products they will produce are: a mural of the Chow Kit map, brochures, posters, videos, photo exhibition and a drama performance. Their works will be showcased to the community in a Chow Kit Kita festival thrown after every phase!