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Malaika Najem - “A long way gone”. Necklace. Pink fabric, aluminium, iron, shibuichi, brass
“I think the piece that represents me the most is “A long way gone”. It’s a necklace that is part of my Child Soldier collection… It’s a piece that was inspired by the story of a child soldier and book I read that was called A long way Gone and dedicated this special piece to the story. The theme of Child Soldiers is very close to my heart. It’s something I hope to be able to help in the future and continue sending a message out to people. A message showing them that in our society and today’s world such horrors still exist in third world countries, where children are taken as war objects, to fight. They are forced to kill and are manipulated or brainwashed into committing these horrors…
The piece itself is made of pink fabric that was hand-stitched into forming a necklace. The fabric represents the child; the pink is the innocence, the color one would refer to as a baby pink, something soft and innocent. On this fabric are sewn many guns (AKA 47′s, pistols) and grenades that were hand cut in many sizes and in different poor rough materials such as aluminum, iron, shibuichi, brass…. When the piece is warn, one can feel a weight around the neck and when you walk the piece giggles and calls for attention in a way. This is the message I was trying to give. Make people be curious enough to come and look closely at the piece and imagine the story behind
” from an interview bi Eleni Roumpou of Contemporarty blog”
(via fuckthereallife)
