been thinking about your project. as mentioned in our last critique, the strength of your piece will be in evoking a sense of the absent. an artist that comes to mind is maurizio cattelan, take a look at his work. he builds figurative sculptures in either huge scale or reduced scale, alluding to a sense of presence (either exaggerated or diminished). One of your images stayed with me, that of the blindfolded boy with a price tag. perhaps you can create a series of videos in which a still figure is pointing at a limit ( a wall, a frontier etc) and project these in either an enclosed space (alluding to a 'prison-like'—setting (not a jail per se) or a site-specific location.
hope this helps
Hey Ryan,
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Again though, I wouldn't let it steer you toward generalizations or sensationalism or too much of a focus on just the sex trade/ children...
http://www.sharedhope.org/what/enddemand3.asp
-this one you can watch online
http://www.notforsalefilm.com/
-this you'll have to hunt down.
thanks again jaime, very much value your ideas and contribution!
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