1 House = 1000 Homes is a housing aid project.

We propose, through a media campaign, to petition the Australian public to donate funds or realestate to our project . With the funds and the sale of either a single, or several houses in Australia, amenities, shelter, building technology and training will be provided in some of the world’s poorest countries for hundreds of individuals and families.

Concept:
1 House = 1000 Homes address global wealth disparity through the speculative financial redistribution of an Australian home. Comprising of an exhibition of 6 dynamic housing aid proposals conceived by grass roots NGOs from around the world, signature interpreitive artworks, an aid petition and series of public programs, 1 House = 1000 Homes contrasts the exponential growth of Australia’s metropolitan property market over the last 20 years against a continued need for basic shelter and amenities in some of the world's poorest countries.

Strategy:
Create project web site http://www.1house1000homes.com

Contact both established indigenous organizations (such as - Slum Shack Dweller International) and Australian aid organizations already engaged in providing shelter and amenities in communities across the planet.

Pay each organisation $750.00 AUD to compile a proposal. Each organisation will address the proposal brief in the same way: “With funding acquired through the sale of one or several Australian houses, our organisation proposes to...” The project has set a target amount of funding at $1000,000 AUD.

Exhibit the five proposals within the 1 House = 1000 Homes project exhibition commissioned by Performance Space. The exhibition will be held from 23 October – 14 November 2009 at Performance Space @ CarriageWorks.

Simultaneously launch media campaign, petitioning property owners to donate a single house.

Finally, the chosen project will be funded through administrative support of Habitat for Humanity.

Rationale:
The project aims to house and skill train as many individuals as possible, and framed as an art-work, comment on global wealth disparity.

Project Partners:

Project Supporters:
Mathieu Gallois has been supported by a new work grant from the Visual Arts and Crafts Board of the Australia Council.

Performance Space is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian State and Territory governments, the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and the New South Wales Government through ArtsNSW.

Project Sponsors:

WDA CAMPAIGN TRACK