Category: project homeless as models
We were excited when Designboom announced the Shelter in a Cart competition, to “Design a cart that can provide shelter and storage for the urban homeless” .While it may not be an answer to the problem of homelessness, it certainly raises questions and challenges our ideas. We also are intrigued by ideas for living with less and nobody does so like the homeless. Smart camping equipment manufacturers should look closely.
We were surprised by the winner , panagiotis dramitinos + karaolis alkis + alexandros papageorgiou from greece finding it less imaginative than most and doubting the viability of the tent and sleeping arrangement. We cannot find jurors’ comments so we cannot pass on why it won. In fact, we liked all of the winners less than some of the honourable mentions.
The day shown in the pictures was a special day. Kelly (15) and Andrea (24), who live on the street, came to our house, had a shower, had food, we talked. To meet them and be together was like blowing an invisible wall. Kelly loved to shower, all happy and enthusiastic, jumping around at the sight of her own pictures. We had a big lunch together, so normal, an everyday custom. With them it was a new experience, to choose what you want, relax and have as many as you like. Andrea could barely eat because her teeth are infected and almost gone. She anyway didn’t want to go to a dentist, since she was afraid for the police. Realising it is her choice, her life, and not to treat her as merely a victim that only needs help. As every person she needs to be treated as a human being.
We all got in the car and went to Elevada Pres. Artur da Costa E Silva, where we clothed Andrea and Kelly to do a fashion shoot with them. They were having fun together, being like famous models…people walked by, staring, waving. We got very close to each other, clothing them, breaking boundaries. All the concepts we talk about when having intellectual conversations about people living on the street fall away on the moment Andrea gives me a big hug. We will work together more often, developing our work, deepening the connection.
All the clothes are by Lica Stein.
Photography by Martijn Crowe www.thefaketory.org
Photography by Martijn Crowe www.thefaketory.org
We would like to invite you to participate in our forum at www.homeless-oftheworld.com/?page_id=206
Photography by Martijn Crowe www.thefaketory.org
We would like to invite you to participate in our forum at www.homeless-oftheworld.com/?page_id=206
