Sonal Kantaria
dal 27/2/2012 al 24/3/2012
Segnalato da
27/2/2012
Sonal Kantaria
Next Level Projects, London
'Naseeb: Trafficked' documents young Indian and Bangladeshi women who have been kidnapped, tricked or sold by their families into forced prostitution, later rescued or escaped and now currently living in protected accomodation in Mumbai.
Autograph ABP and Next Level Projects are pleased to present the installation Naseeb: Trafficked by Sonal Kantaria.
Naseeb: Trafficked documents young Indian and Bangladeshi women who have been kidnapped, tricked or sold by their families into forced prostitution, later rescued or escaped and now currently living in protected accomodation in Mumbai. Naseeb means ‘fate’ or ‘luck’ in Hindi.
The protective homes managed by the Rescue Foundation form the backdrop to Sonal Kantaria’s series of 12 Polaroid portraits, a short video work featuring the perspectives of those trafficked women, and a map piece illustrating some of the now well-known trafficking routes in South Asia. In doing so, the work brings into sharp focus the gender, economic and class disenfranchisements resulting in Indian and Bangladeshi women being forced into the flesh trade.
I wanted to understand the reasons for this epidemic; Why was this happening? How was it happening? And to hear of first hand experiences from the girls. I heard many stories of poverty, bad families, deception by friends and families, kidnappings and horrific experiences on trafficking routes. Sometimes the girls had left their homes of their own will, other times they were running away from violent husbands or simply in search of a better life. The stories differed but one commonality existed: they had all been deceived. Sonal Kantaria
Private View 28 February 6:30pm
Next Level Projects
58 Hanbury Street E1 5JL London
Admission free