In what will prove to be the most photographed art installation in years, Alejandro Santiago's huge project lines the streets and sits in front of Santo Domino.
I went to see this amazing work when it was at the CaSa in nearby San Agustin Etla in July of 2007. Please check out the photos and more of the background by
clicking on that post. That way I do not need to repeat myself.
Santiago and his remaining neighbors created 2501 life-size sculptures, each one representing a person who had left his village. The men leave. The very young and the very old remain. And lots of lonely women. Imagine if that happened where you were.
If the people around you left, would you look the other way?
Would you just ignore it? Could you just walk past?
Or run past?
Immigration is a very complex subject. I have strong feelings about it. First, the daily wage here is about $4.50 US a day.... a day! Think about what you might do if you could make in ten times that somewhere else.
Also, too, I am in immigrant of sorts here. Imagine if you were living on $1000 a month in the US, say on Social Security. That money would allow you to live reasonably well here and would not even get you a place to live in much of the US.
It sure is something to ponder.
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