The exhibition Voice of memory has opened tonight at the gallery of Hybernska Campus of Charles University in Prague. The exhibition, curated by Branislava Kuburovic and Irena Rehorova is part of the Memory Studies Association annual conference. My work, the Wrappery features at it, amidst a dozen of artworks by artists who take part in MSA’s Arts and Memory working group. The show is open until the end of the conference on Friday.
The exhibition shows how the theme of memory permeates and is reflected in artistic practice. Through diverse means of expression, including photography, painting, installation, video, and sound, the artists engage with the legacy of an often difficult past. The aim is to bring together artists from different parts of the world whose work addresses personal and collective memories, along with memory inscribed in the natural environment. Their artistic practices explore themes such as remembrance, inheritance, resilience, the intersection between present and past, bodily experience and solidarity. The title of the exhibition evokes the various “voices” or perspectives of memory conveyed through the artworks, as well as the diversity of media used to express them.
The opening of the exhibition was preceded by a panel discussion that addressed the following questions: What is the current state of German-Czech culture of remembrance? What are the challenges in civic education – for example, in youth encounters or memorial site work? Is there a common understanding of National Socialist injustice/ crimes and their relevance to the challenges faced by present-day Europe? How does German-Czech memory culture resonate internationally, where are the points of contact or divergence from cultural contexts of remembrance?
More information can be found here.
