iraqimemorial.org: On the Efficacy of Creative Remembrance

  • Type: event
  • Location: Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, 323 West 39th Street 3rd Floor, New York, New York, 10018, US
  • Starts: Oct 20 2011 at 6:30AM
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Thursday, October 20th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
The panel discussion will be moderated by project director and
exhibition curator Joseph DeLappe and include project jurors Yaelle Amir, and Raul Zamudio, artists Wafaa Bilal, Matt Kenyon and Sayoko Yoshida.  A wide-ranging discussion will ensue regarding the efficacy of the conceptualization and realization of contemporary memorials, monuments
and counter-monuments to the victims of war.  How do we critically
assess the effect of a project such as iraqimemorial.org? What are the
pitfalls and possibilities of developing DIY memorial projects?
http://www.iraqimemorial.org