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Marx 4 kids
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Marx 4 Kids
As I mentioned in Lottery Economics, having kids taught me very quickly how society reproduces socially and economically. I myself grew up in a schooling environment that offered few options, and those that existed were purely merit based. Today, in New York City, making decisions on pre-schooling and schooling kids is like selecting from a large menu with massive price differentials and very narrow admission policies. Without mentioning the details of this massive reproduction machine of injustice, and worse. (It is so heartbreaking when you see the best programs reserved for the highest income group, with whom you can never compete because it only caters to the 1%.)
My outfits for the little ones were adorned with basic imagery and age-adjusted sentences, reading phrases like, "I get a TV, you get a nanny;" “ I get 3, you get 0;” or “I live here, you don’t,” showing the Guggenheim as a marker of a very privileged Manhattan school district. The series, produced exclusively from 100% woolen felt from Germany, also included outfits that carry lines reminding us of the fairytale heroes who fought for justice: “Marx ❤ Robin Hood,” or “Marx ❤ Cinderella."
Marx 4 Kids
(design assistance, interpretation and production: Yesayan Hasmik - Modelling: Ben, Isadora, Edgar, Louisa, and more)
MARX 4 KIDS, PRE-K, I GO, U DON'T
(MIT lottery economics)
2.5 - 3 years
isadora
MARX 4 KIDS, I GET A NANNY, U GET A TV
NO lottery economicsss aber logo hinten)
2.5 - 3 years
louisa
MARX 4 KIDS, I GET 3 U GET 0
KEIN lottery economics aber logo links unten )
+/- 5 years
ben (this is edgar onthe photo but he wears a differnt one)
empt
MARX 4 KIDS, SCHOOL, I GO PRIVATE, U GO PUBLIC
(MIT lottery economics;
5 years
edgar
MARX 4 KIDS, SCHOOL, GIFTED & TALENTED, I GET IN, U DON'T
(MIT lottery economics; schrift etwas kleiner also gedruckt. so wie auf magenta ist gut)
5/6 years
antonia
MARX 4 KIDS, SCHOOL, I LIVE HERE, YOU DON'T
(WITH lottery economics; schrift etwas kleiner also gedruckt. so wie auf magenta ist gut)
5/6 years
(lotter logo bitte etwas wagrechter)
Marx (loves) Cinderella
8 -9 years + / -
leora
also
Marx (loves) ROBBIN HOOD 10 years old bo + /
nick
Marx (loves) PINOCCHIO 5/6 year old boy + / -
Marx (loves) ROBBER HOTZENPLOTZ 5/6 years old bo (edgar's school)
isi
production drawing
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