IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK
ART INSTALLATION BY JUSTIN GARCIA
The "If These Walls Could Talk" is an international art installation by artist Justin Garcia, that captures the voices of abused and sex trafficked children around the world.
Through this installation, kids get to say whatever they want, knowing that the world will hear what they have to say.
“Art is an expression of the mind’s endless creativity, a doorway to everything in which humans are en-gaged. My work is the continuous result of studying a single question: Why?”
ABOUT JUSTIN GARCIA
Justin work focuses on the complexity of time and the human
perception of it through the simplicity of aging walls as architectural structures representing reality. It is precisely the walls all around us that bring a sense of solace when confronting concepts of time and its infinite effect.
As every surface, from that of the smallest pebble to the largest planet, is a wall, and every wall is a surface subjected to time. Because of this we know time to exist as it is only seen through the direct effects it has on surfaces. Aging walls being the closest connection for us to feel time all around, not as just a physical change but an atmospheric feeling of change. The transported feeling we get when visiting an old city, is the moment we see, feel and become completely aware of times presents.
These processes reveal nuances that give insight to moments that become memories in time. Each subtle mark is a story that lies before the viewer and brings them to stillness with their inner curiosity. Visit Justin Garcia's website.
About the Orphaned Starfish Foundation
THE ORPHANED STARFISH FOUNDATION (OSF) is dedicated to helping orphans, victims of abuse, survivors of trafficking, indigenous children, refugees, and at-risk youth break their cycles of abuse and poverty through technology-based education, job training and job placement assistance. We commit to every program for life
Since our founding in 2001, OSF has dedicated itself to addressing the challenges facing orphans, victims of abuse and at-risk youth by providing them with technology education. We partner with already established orphanages, schools, and community center that provide exceptional physiological and psychological needs but lack the funds to provide their children with technology education. OSF funds the construction and operation of vocational training facilities, including funding for furnishings, purchasing required equipment, teacher salaries, job placement services and scholarships for higher education.
OSF also provides training in Robotics, Computer Programming, English Language, and Life-Skills, as well as, Arts Education Workshops, Scholarships, Internships, Micro Loans, Film Making, and Job Placement Assistance.
The Orphaned Starfish Foundation currently operates 77 technology center in 32 countries worldwide to over 18,000 children. We are present in North and Latin America, The Caribbean, Asia, Africa, and in the Pacific Island of American Samoa.