Collage Series No. 1
Submission for Our Piece
Submission for Our Piece
Our Piece: A Creative Collection from the 2011 I-Witness Holocaust Field School is an art show I co-organized with my classmate and friend Lauren. Our Piece is in response to the public presentation component of the required course work for the field school.
I-Witness "is designed to explore ways in which the Holocaust has been "memorialized" at various Central European historical sites, museums and monuments and will provide students with an opportunity to acquire a deeper understanding of antisemitism, racism, religious intolerance, homophobia and the stigmatization of the mentally and physically disabled communities... The program will run from May 2-28, with the first week of classes taking place at the University of Victoria and the following three weeks in Europe. Participants will travel to Berlin (Germany), Cracow, (Poland),and Vienna (Austria). The history of the Holocaust provides one of the most effective subjects for an academic and personal examination of basic moral issues and yields critical lessons for an investigation into human behavior. The I-witness Holocaust Field School Project is dedicated to provide students, within an experiential learning framework, a life-changing experience that will build personal and cultural awareness and motivate students to recognize and respond to prejudice and hatred. Our vision is that students will recognize the responsibility of their own humanity in order to respond ethically to intolerance and injustice. The project promotes action in the face of injustice and encourages a personal investment in creating a better world."
The Learning Objectives of the Project are as follows:
My submission to the show was a series of three collages titled The Witness, The Translator, and Field School. Better photos coming soon.
I-Witness "is designed to explore ways in which the Holocaust has been "memorialized" at various Central European historical sites, museums and monuments and will provide students with an opportunity to acquire a deeper understanding of antisemitism, racism, religious intolerance, homophobia and the stigmatization of the mentally and physically disabled communities... The program will run from May 2-28, with the first week of classes taking place at the University of Victoria and the following three weeks in Europe. Participants will travel to Berlin (Germany), Cracow, (Poland),and Vienna (Austria). The history of the Holocaust provides one of the most effective subjects for an academic and personal examination of basic moral issues and yields critical lessons for an investigation into human behavior. The I-witness Holocaust Field School Project is dedicated to provide students, within an experiential learning framework, a life-changing experience that will build personal and cultural awareness and motivate students to recognize and respond to prejudice and hatred. Our vision is that students will recognize the responsibility of their own humanity in order to respond ethically to intolerance and injustice. The project promotes action in the face of injustice and encourages a personal investment in creating a better world."
The Learning Objectives of the Project are as follows:
My submission to the show was a series of three collages titled The Witness, The Translator, and Field School. Better photos coming soon.
