Posters were distributed throughout the city, 2002

Posters were distributed throughout the city, 2002

Slávek from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT:

Slávek from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT: "Please help! I am 28 years old with completed university education, from a good family, single, without children. My parents refused to support me. I am incapable of functioning in a world that I did not choose. The price for success is too high. I need a sponsor."

Milos from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT:

Milos from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT: "Please help! I am 28 years old and I am bound to a wheelchair. I’ve never been with a woman. Recently, I fell in love with someone and am afraid that my poverty will reppel her. I’m looking for a sponsor."

Risa from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT:

Risa from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT: "Please help! I am a child psychologist, married with two healthy children. I am 28 years old. My neighborhood is filled with blacks and immigrants. The nearest “clean“ area is too expensive and moving is the only sollution for the safety of my children. I need a sponsor."

Ingrid from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT:

Ingrid from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT: "Please help! I am a child psychologist, married with two healthy children. I am 28 years old. My neighborhood is filled with blacks and immigrants. The nearest “clean“ area is too expensive and moving is the only sollution for the safety of my children. I need a sponsor."

Ahmed from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT:

Ahmed from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT: "Please help! I am 28 years old. In my neighborhood I am the only citizen with black skin. A pigment treatment costing around $12000 is more than I can afford. I need a sponsor."

Nadja from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT:

Nadja from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT: "Please help! I am 28 years old, single, without children. I am a school teacher from Romania and would like to live at least one year with the same standards as my collegues in Western Europe. I need a sponsor."

Pavel from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT:

Pavel from the series People for People, Prague, 2002; TEXT: "Please help! I am 28 years old. I am tall and well built with a hobby in body adornment – tattoos. Because of my patriotic ideals I was releaved from work in the public sphere (security guard). I cannot afford requalification training. I need a sponsor."

PEOPLE FOR PEOPLE (LIDÉ LIDEM), 2002

Public space intervention and gallery installation, part of the international exhibition of political art Politik-um / New Engagement, Prague, May 2002

Hundreds of posters, picturing fictive people were posted by Pode Bal all around Prague. The people on the posters asked for financial support and stated their various motives. Phone numbers and e-mail addresses were included, so that the public could respond. The reactions were recorded.