Just one less

• Reach:

  NSW

• Focus area:

  Mainstream with Indigenous content

• Status:

  Completed

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

Beyond Empathy's Just one less project is a community art project, which ran for over a year in Armidale in northern New South Wales (NSW), finishing in 2011. The project, which was initially called 5 in a row, was recognised in the community as Just one less and aims to raise awareness about binge drinking in the community, and to encourage different ways of thinking about the consumption of alcohol. As part of the project, Beyond Empathy hosted an alcohol-focused youth forum led by a panel of young people. The project culminated in a three day celebration including:

• large outdoor projections of material gathered over eight months, consisting of more than 300 interviews in a mobile video booth, short films made by six high schools, and community photo portraits
• a young people's music festival involving a local Indigenous leadership crew performing their EP
• a public screening of other Beyond Empathy material made through the Braking barriers leadership program at an Aboriginal Mission.

In 2011, the Just speak up project was initiated, building on the work developed in the Just one less project. Just speak up will aim to continue to work with the community to engage young people and help expose the issues around youth binge drinking. This will be achieved through artistic mediums, allowing community members the opportunity to express themselves through the art form of 'spoken word' or 'poetry slam'.

Abstract adapted from Beyond Empathy

Contacts

Beyond Empathy
PO Box 844
Armidale NSW 2350
Ph: (02) 6772 0101
Fax: (02) 8207 8973
Email: admin@beyondempathy.org.au

Links

• View information: Beyond Empathy - Film/video material
• View information: Just one less project
• View information: Just speak up project
• View website: Beyond Empathy