“Working with Children: Traps, Controversies, and the Future”

From 2022 to 2023, A4 Art Museum and Dabian Drum jointly curated a series of interviews with 13 child workers, resulting in 12 articles. This book aims to delve into the fundamentals of child work through questioning, ultimately sparking discussions and reflections on contemporary child work practices. Using the A4 Art Museum’s iSTART Children’s Art Festival as a case study, the book explores how to authentically connect with the experiences of children. By starting from concrete child work practices, we aim to observe and reflect without confining ourselves to adult-centric experiences or seeking temporary authority to satisfy our control desires.