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Aidoh is ashortening forArt In Defence Of Humanism. AIDOH was created by the Danish artistJens Galschiot as agroup focusing on the inhuman treatment ofpeople in different countries related to political, religious or economic interests. The group has with several occasions started a public debate about the individual countriesoverconsumption or governments repressive treatment of its ownpeople.
Pigs in coats made of 1 ton blackconcrete. Is named one of the biggest arthappenings inEurope. 20 sculptures were placered on public places inEurope without official approval. It took 55 hours to put them up, and thehappening created a lot of public debate.
In connection withUN's socialesummit inCopenhagen, were there placed 750 dolls, that pictured dead children in the age of 3–9 years. They were placed on street lamps, benches, fountains and other places to symbolize the thousands of children that die every day.
Was placed inHong Kong June 4, 1997. Since then it has been placed in many other places in the world where the governments does not respecthuman rights. ThePillar of Shame is made of copper and is 8 meters tall. It shows more than 50 tangled human bodies in pain.
The following sculptures were placed inHong Kong in the December of 2005:
In the name of God is a series of copper sculptures of acrucified pregnant teenager intended as a commentary on theChristian church’s strict sexual teachings. These sculptures have been exhibited inDenmark,Sweden,Nicaragua andKenya.