ART – Maids Plant Toy Grenades for Art… But Were the Curators Ethical?
Sun Yuan and Peng Yu‘s series ‘Intervention‘ examines the working environments of Hong Kong’s Filipino domestic workers.
100 people took part – placing a toy grenade in their employer’s home whilst they were away and photographing it.
The project explores spacial intrusions and tensions between local families and their foreign helpers. Each participant was free to place the grenade anywhere within the home, though the artists insist the toy is neutral, does not carry implications of danger and that “it is a game”.