Casi tengo 18 is one of the projects presented at Documenta 12 in relation to one of its storylines: Education: What to do?. Although we don’t particularly like the trendy tone and somewhat ‘K3-ish‘* (take that, neologism!) that the people at Amasté, promoters and those responsible for the creature, have given it, we find affinity with some of the project’s general approaches, especially with regard to opening up a space of autonomy for adolescents, shunning the majority of stereotypes (negative and self-interestedly constructed) with which this group is stigmatized. Also, we almost prefer the cool vibe to the sappiness that, too often, characterizes many educational projects related to art and “the children.”
*For those not residing in Catalonia, K3 is the name of the children’s and youth channel of the regional television, characterized by using a supposedly cool and close language to its potential audience.
