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Tunisia | 2022 | Storytelling & Sculpture
The Little Prince’s Journey
In northwestern Tunisia, a collective of artists uses The Little Prince to ignite the imagination of children living in an underprivileged neighborhood of Jendouba. The artists support the children in their artistic projects and create works inspired by encounters with the residents. The exhibition reveals another image of the neighborhood.
The Little Prince’s Journey
Nothing but poverty! Dreaming? What are you talking about?
Jendouba, a small city in northwestern Tunisia, suffers from population exodus, with residents seeking better economic opportunities in major cities. As a result, public services and infrastructure are deteriorating. Despite public policies aimed at improving living conditions in underprivileged neighborhoods, many young people remain eager to leave the city. Social ties are weakening, and few can imagine a future in Jendouba.
Artist
Wadi Mhiri, with Ahmed Boussarsar, Majed Zalila, Rim Abbes, Mohamed Benmoussa, and Youssef Meski
Wadi Mhiri, with Ahmed Boussarsar, Majed Zalila, Rim Abbes, Mohamed Benmoussa, and Youssef Meski
Partners
Al Battah Cultural and Sports Center
Al Battah Cultural and Sports Center
Participants
60 children and teenagers, and their families from the Al Battah neighborhood
60 children and teenagers, and their families from the Al Battah neighborhood
Agency
AFD Tunisia
AFD Tunisia
Harnessing imagination, inspiring creativity
+25%
unemployment rate in the Jendouba governorate
3
months of educational workshops
200
neighborhood residents visited the exhibition
Visual artist Wadi Mhiri brought together a multidisciplinary collective of artists (painter, musician, designer…) to create a unique space for artistic creation and dialogue for the residents of the Al Battah neighborhood.
Over three months, the collective conducted a series of educational and creative workshops with children and teenagers from the neighborhood, focusing on themes such as dreams, friendship, and tolerance, drawing inspiration from Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince.
The objective? To harness imagination and inspire creativity: instrument-making, composition, writing, drawing—each child pursued a personal project.
The resident artists immersed themselves in the neighborhood’s daily life and forged strong bonds with its residents, creating works inspired by these encounters.
An exhibition at the neighborhood’s cultural center brought together the works of the children and the artists. More than 200 people attended the immersive presentations of the artworks. Pride, wonder, joy, self-confidence—these were the words reported by participants. The Little Prince may stop over elsewhere in Tunisia in the coming months!
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