MOJO Festival of Arts
* World Schizophrenia Day *
Schizy Inc presents Mojo Festival of Arts, the most fun World Schizophrenia Day event.
Next event : 24 May 2023 Melbourne, Australia
* * Mojo Arts TakeOver '23 Artist Call Out * *
Seeking creatives who love the stage
and identify with schizophrenia and similar mental health realities (bipolar, BPd, c-PTS etc).
Be part of Mojo Arts TakeOver and take over the arts!
Worskshops starting April 2023:
Stand up comedy with Nelly Thomas - www.nellythomas.com
Songwriting and singing with Dan Flynn - www.danflynn1.bandcamp.com
Theatre with Cathy Hunt - www.cathyjhunt.wordpress.com
Artists who attend the workshops will have the opportunity to perform their five minute work at Mojo '23
(and get paid!).
APPLY : admin@schizy.org
Use subject line 'Mojo Workshops'
Seeking creatives who love the stage
and identify with schizophrenia and similar mental health realities (bipolar, BPd, c-PTS etc).
Be part of Mojo Arts TakeOver and take over the arts!
Worskshops starting April 2023:
Stand up comedy with Nelly Thomas - www.nellythomas.com
Songwriting and singing with Dan Flynn - www.danflynn1.bandcamp.com
Theatre with Cathy Hunt - www.cathyjhunt.wordpress.com
Artists who attend the workshops will have the opportunity to perform their five minute work at Mojo '23
(and get paid!).
APPLY : admin@schizy.org
Use subject line 'Mojo Workshops'
Mojo Festival 2022 rocked all the goodies it's become known for!
Exhilarating advocacy art and all the joyful Schizy spirit you can handle.
Fabulous artists unpacked the mental health system through stand up comedy, song performance and spoken word, as well as projected visual art exploring the healing power of nature at LOOP Performance Space, Melbourne.
Thank you to Mojo '22 artists:
MC - Sandy Jeffs
Comedy - Andy Lewis, Ayden Carter, JA, Mitchell Fairbank
Spoken Word - Bren Cameron, Michelle Write, Alycia Deske, Isabelle Fels, David Arche
Song - Jenny Hickinbotham, Sam M, Steph Y, Evan Douglas-Smith, Adam Pollock
Visual Art (projections) - Annabelle Pacos, Sue Roberson, JA, Steph, Mitchell, Helen, Jon and Jack the Dog.
Arts TakeOver mentors - Nelly Thomas, John Fleming, Felicity Gordon and Jesse Oliver.
Event crew - Tom, Heidi, Steph, Chrissy, Fiona, Mitchell.
Schizy Inc are leaders and pioneers of mental health lived experience arts access.
Based in Melbourne/Naarm, on Wurundjeri. We're 100% lived experience led and all our work is about
getting people into the creative sector and making all corners of the arts welcoming and inclusive of people.
MOJO FLICKR PHOTO ALBUM
iMAGE is poster for Mojo. There are blurry images of people on microphones behind bits of scrap paper with text on. The text reads 'World Schizophrenia Day 2022. LOOP Bar 23 Meyers Pl. Melbourne. Saturday 28 May
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Photos from previous Mojo events:
Image descriptions: photos of people at Mojo events. Photos include performers speaking into microphone, audience clapping and smiling, a discussion panel of three people on stage in front of a big screen, filmmaking workshop in a classroom people learning how to use a camera, collage of four short film scenes including a main image of a a person drawing two stick figures talking to each other.
Mojo Festival and complex trauma.
What is 'complex post trauma stress (c-PTS) aware' art?
People who live with schizophrenia and similar realities like BP(d), OC(d), depression, often experienced some really tough stuff growing up - this is also known as complex-trauma stress (we believe it's not post, but ongoing; and it's not a disorder but a survival system).
Schizy Inc takes care in creating cultural spaces that give people a great time out, as well as supporting new art. We respect the reality of the many memory triggers out there in society. Producers and artists have created work that is culturally safe, however as is the nature of our lived experience, some works will be preceded with a Content Advice notice.
www.mojofilmfestival.org
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Supported by the City of Melbourne
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MOJO FESTIVAL 2020
covid lockdowns shut down the world except Schizy Inc who rocked the internet with a virtual live festival.
New short films made by people with experience of schizophrenia and diverse mental health
from Australia and around the world.
Mojo Film Festival Gala online event occurred on Facebook Live
World Schizophrenia Day 24th May 2020.
2020 theme 'Life Interrupted'
covid lockdowns shut down the world except Schizy Inc who rocked the internet with a virtual live festival.
New short films made by people with experience of schizophrenia and diverse mental health
from Australia and around the world.
Mojo Film Festival Gala online event occurred on Facebook Live
World Schizophrenia Day 24th May 2020.
2020 theme 'Life Interrupted'
Watch Virtual Mojo 2020!
Press play above or click on the link.
Press play above or click on the link.
Supporters
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MOJO Film Festival 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 were held at ACMI, Melbourne Town Hall and online during covid lockdowns. Mojo has screened over 50 new short films made by new and emerging filmmakers with living experience of schizophrenia and diverse mental health.
Mojo 2019 featured a panel of expert filmmakers talking about mental health in film - Genevieve Bailey (I Am 11; Happy Sad Man) Darius Devas (A Common Thread) and Ben Steel (The Show Must Go On).
Mojo 2019 featured a panel of expert filmmakers talking about mental health in film - Genevieve Bailey (I Am 11; Happy Sad Man) Darius Devas (A Common Thread) and Ben Steel (The Show Must Go On).
