As I've walked around Madrid, the new installations of "Madrid Abierto" has caught my attention. In the next 3 blog entries I'll share some of the pictures and explanations from their webpage. "Not For Sale" (by Alicia Framis & Michael Lin) is the first one, speaking to the selling of kids around the world, be it for child labor, child soldiers, child prostitution,...
"Alicia Framis presents her most recent work, the majority of which was prepared in Shanghai, where she currently lives and works... Not For Sale is a work in progress that analyses the situation of children who are sold all over the world. The project began in the city of Bangkok, Thailand, where Framis produced a first portrait of a naked chets child but a necklace that read "not for sale."
At first glance, the images are gentle and sweet. The children are smiling and appear healthy and happy. It is only on close inspection that what Framis seeks to emphasise comes to light: the reality of the fragile and dangerous situation that many children currently find themselves in. From the moment we are born, a price tag is placed on us, and many children face the real risk of becoming just another product of the global market." (taken from http://www.madridabierto.com/en/artistical-interventions/2008/alicia-framis-michael-lin.html)
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