A SHAME OF USING KIDS is an art video clip belonging to the SHAME project. During their scholarship in Graz, M and P conceptualized a video documentary related to child beggars. They captured a child singing on the street beneath their windows. The child repeated the same song for hours and days, collecting a substantial amount of euro coins, which he later gave to his companion each day. The ongoing process of begging with children not only embarrassed M and P but also some other neighbors on Sporgase street in Graz, where the child’s begging spot was located. Concerned, they called the police, the child escaped from the street until the next day, and the whole cycle began anew…

ASHAME OF USING KIDS

ASHAME OF USING KIDS / 2008. DVD, color, voice, duration: 1′ 55”, loop / The video was presented at the exhibition MP_pro_02 SCHAM_A, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum , Graz, Austria, 20 November 2008 – 11 January 2009