Join me in welcoming Kid-In, a thought-provoking, visually intelligent online magazine that invokes children in a rather magical light, and seeks to inspire the child to revel in every adult.
Kid-In publishes essays, documentary photography, author and artist interviews, and poetry, all with the life of a child at their heart. From their website: "We exist as a magnet for unique and creative expression regarding this singular moment in existence, left of field from the typical approach. Concepts of normal and abnormal are unavoidably held to question - but always with unfailing humor and respect."
The magazine is hosting a reception at Taps Gallery, 672 Driggs Street in Brooklyn this Saturday, May 19 from 2-6. They invite children to come tag the gallery space. I can't wait to see the results. If you're in the New York area, I hope you will join me there.
(All Images via Kid-In: 1. Frej Hedenberg 2. Joseph Ari Aloi 3. Malek Naz Freidouni 4. David Bertay 5. Benoit Pailley 6. Adriana Duque)
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The project sounds cool but the writing sounds pretentious. I have a doctorate in art history and I wouldn't write that grandiloquently!
Um, what? Love the photography. Gotta agree with @HLI, though. My brain just sprang an existential leak.
What???
Plain English, please, people. The art might be fabulous, but I'm so turned off by the ridiculously pretentious presentation.
I was excited by the concept (despite the language), but the site comes across as pretentious and slightly exploitative. The Documentary section aside, the kids are just dressed up in costumes and posed. They remind me of bored super models. There were a few exceptions, but the kids just seemed stiff. Maybe it's just the tone. My first thought was: This is like an arty - "Toddlers and Tiaras" . It feels weird. And the baby bottle still life series- what the hell? When did art get so uppity and boring?
@Homebody - I have to admit, I didn't bother to click through to the site before. My comment literally meant 'the art *might* be fabulous; I haven't bothered looking'.
After reading your comment, I went and had a look, and - you are quite right. I find the whole thing unbearably pretentious.
What a depressing portrayal of childhood
@Vikulyad, I could not agree more. I clicked on more than 30 photographs and not one child was smiling. "Unfailing humor?" I think not.
I thought the photography was great. i paint huge portraits of children (well, mostly children) and very rarely are they ever smiling (I enjoy seeing children, my own included, in moments of seriousness and concentration) . I like that break from the norm. That being said, I'd probably not spend tons of time looking at the site.
I think I'd have to agree. Some stunning photography but as a whole 'unbearably pretentious' (charlie26) pretty much sums it up.