'How Are the Children?'
This is the title of the exhibition that artist Ruby Rumié inaugurated last Thursday. A question that can be uncomfortable in some spaces, but which in the exhibition becomes much more distressing, heavy, and relevant to generate discomfort, reproach, and demands regarding the situation of our children. With excellent photography, a valuable staging, and profound work, the artist interrogates us, confronts us, and challenges us as individuals and as a society with the question about the state of children, masterfully appropriating the elements provided by the Volcán del Totumo and the gazes of our children. This allows for a deeper exploration of the questions that, beyond the title, we can ask ourselves regarding our childhood, as it is clear that in addition to asking, 'how are they?', it is valid to ask, 'where are they?', 'who are they with?', 'how are they living?', 'who is protecting them?', 'how are we guaranteeing their basic rights?', which, as the law states, are prevalent, unpostponable, and subject to special protection.
