HEY YOU! HAITI
Hey You! Is an artistic response to the January 12th, 2010 earthquake in Haiti by Le Sét, a New York based art collective made up of seven young artists. The Le Sét crew spent an inspirational week in Haiti, volunteering with HealingHaiti.org - teaching art to orphans, delivering water, distributing food, and documenting their journey. The work we created was presented and auctioned off in an exhibition sponsored by Mother NY. Our contribution through the auction and sales of Wyatt Gallery's book "Tent Life: Haiti" has raised over $30,000 in support of Healing Haiti.
“HEY YOU!”
"Hey You!" is what Haitian kids yelled as we traveled through the horrific conditions of post-earthquake Port-Au-Prince. A Creole phrase misappropriated from English, “Hey You!” translates as “Give Me!” Give me food. Give me water. Give me help. Give me hope. Hey You!