Child with ink stains

It is 1892. Senne is 11 years old and a factory child. Like many children, he works in one of the printing companies in Turnhout. The labour is hard and heavy, the days are long. The ink from the machines sticks indelibly to his clothes, hands and skin.

On what was supposed to be an ordinary working day, Senne unwittingly sets off a chain of events, with major consequences…

Child with ink stains is a story about exploitation and injustice, but also about resistance, courage and the will to change the course of history.

Turnhout experienced its heyday as an industrial city in the nineteenth century. With the city of today as a stage set, Child with Ink Stains takes you back to this eventful period. Ten imposing murals bring the world of Senne to life in an unprecedented street art tour.

Child with ink stains is a production by Musea Turnhout, in collaboration with writer Paul Govaerts and comics artist Dido Drachman. Together they realize the very first cartoon with the city as a canvas.