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Alan Kurdi is the name of the 3-year-old boy born in Kobane (Syria), who appeared drowned in Bodrum, Turkey's coast, on September 2, 2015. To give visibility and not let facts like this fall into oblivion, the artist Dòmix Garrido will develop the performance 'Aylan K', within the framework of the activities programmed by Mucho Más Mayo.
The problem that exists in Europe with the crisis of refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria and from other countries in the Middle East, has generated the exodus of thousands of people.
Among the countless images stands out that of Alan Kurdi, captured by the Turkish reporter Nilufer Demir, the basic graphic document of this project.
Alan Kurdi is just a reflection of the cruelty that refugee children are experiencing who know no other way of life than fear, terror and exile.
Thousands of children who have died, have been maimed or have lost their homes and their families.
Aylan K does not intend to solve a problem that affects us all, this action simply makes visible, affects and raises through art the consequences suffered by people who feel that their lives have lost the status of citizens of the world.
A category that in theory and in the proposals of good will of the countries that through international congresses reflect on paper, simply lack of viability.
A document that remains on "wet paper" once, the so-called refugees, try to cross the Mare Nostrum in search of "refuge" and are crammed into fields without conditions of health, education or future.
We all have the responsibility to find a solution, but an "active" solution, each from its place.
The artist has stated that his role in this society, in the face of this conflict, is simply to avoid the oblivion that time inevitably buries.
It was as a result of a visit to the city of Melilla in 2014 where the artists became aware of the drama of the refugees.
Find in the CETI hundreds of Syrian children who lived in that place.
Also to see at first hand the engineering put at the service of a cruel border that destroyed the illusions of thousands of sub-Saharans.
Since then, his artistic and political discourse has focused on borders, migrants, exiles and in defense of our integrity as human beings.
This performance has been performed in Madrid, London, Murcia, Zaragoza and has recently been selected at the PERFOARTNET Performance Biennial in Bogotá, Colombia.
The activity will take place on Wednesday, May 30, at 8:30 p.m., and will be attended by the mayor of Culture, Education and Youth, David Martínez.
After its completion, a debate will be held in which each person can contribute their opinion freely.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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