interventions: THE ETRUSCAN SLAVE
Like all ancient civilizations, the Etruscans used slaves for their labour force. Slaves provided low cost manpower that could nevertheless also be highly specialized. The slaves were men and women who had no civil or political rights but were considered objects of property. The procuring of slaves were a byproduct of wars and raids in enemy territory.The commonest occupations in the cities for them were as domestic workers in the homes of the aristocratic class, or they worked in the craft workshops; in the country, they worked in agriculture or in the mines, extracting metals. The slaves were not usually ill-treated as they were considered valuable goods and the death of a slave was seen as a serious economic loss.*Ben Turner Live Science
unsanctioned intervention, Rome, Italy, 2022
materials: acrylic paint, oil stick, cut rice paper, acid-free ink, acid free paper (19 X 26)
