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Childhood and War
Where whales fly
between clouds
From March 25 to May 30, 2010
Estufa Freda room. Jardí Botànic
(Quart, 80)
ENTRADA LIBRE |
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DRAWINGS, THE HORN OF AFRICA
This series includes drawings and stories
by children aged 10 to 17, from the Horn of Africa. They
live in refugee camps in Kenya. (2000) |
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Project:
Associació Cau d’Infants
Organised by Universitat de València and Associació Cau
d’Infants
Curator: Nubia Forero
The exhibition Childhood and War. Where whales fly
between clouds intends to show drawings, poems and
stories created by children who have fallen victim to
abuse or neglect caused by declared or undeclared armed
conflicts. The exhibition
includes almost 100 drawings made by children from the
Horn of Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia),
Palestine, Colombia (evicted to Santafé de Bogotá D.C.
and Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó), and some
from the Spanish Civil War and World War II (Terezin
Ghetto). |
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DRAWINGS, SANTAFÉ DE BOGOTÁ D.C.
(COLOMBIA)
This series comes from the project
Mas que un trazo de papel.
Exposición grafico-artística de la
memoria de niñas y niños en situación de desplazamiento
forzado
(an exhibition about forced eviction) in Bogota:
Transport terminal, Puente Aranda area, Ciudad-Bolívar
and Usme (Care Units for people under forced eviction)
(2009) |
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Childhood and War. Where whales fly between clouds
is a testimony full of sensitivity and creativity, and
an example of the tenacity of its protagonists. Under
the current or past influence of horror, through their
innocent look, the children’s paintings or writings are
a way of transforming sorrow and isolation into hope and
renewal.
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DRAWINGS, COMUNIDAD DE PAZ SAN JOSÉ DE APARTADÓ
(COLOMBIA)
Drawings made by boys and girls from the
Red de Comunidades de Resistencia Pacífica
(Network of Communities for Peaceful Resistance) (2009) |
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Undoubtedly, the exhibition's main goal is to contribute
to raising awareness about the devastating effects of
war conflicts on children which, in most cases, lead to
abandonment, the distructuring of families and education
processes, and the physical extermination of the child
population. A number of round
tables, lectures, films and teaching workshops targeted
at children have been organised, parallel to the
exhibition of drawings. |
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DRAWINGS, TEREZIN GHETTO
A series of drawings and poems created by
children at Tezarin Ghetto during World War II. This
fortress was built by the Nazi as temporary housing. It
was never intended as an extermination camp but it was
used as a prison for many people who were later sent to
concentration camps, where they were executed. These
exhibits come from the book I never saw another
butterfly... published by the Jewish Museum in
Prague.
1997 |
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DRAWINGS, SPANISH
CIVIL WAR
This group of exhibits
includes drawings by children who participated in the
competition promoted by Cultura Popular in
Valencia, for the first Exhibition of Children’s
Antifascist Drawing. Lent by the Historical Library of
Universitat de València |
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DRAWINGS, PALESTINE
Palestinian refugee camp. (Summer 2009) |
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