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Prussian Blue: A Conversation with Yishai Jusidman and Christian Viveros-Fauné
Recorded October 18, 2023
Watch as artist Yishai Jusidman and guest curator Christian Viveros-Fauné, discuss Jusidman’s exhibition Prussian Blue, currently on view at OJMCHE as part of Converge 45, the city-wide arts festival. The memory of the Holocaust is perhaps one of the most problematic issues in the visual arts to represent because of its inherent aesthetic and moral dilemmas. As a post-war artist, Jusidman explores the challenge of how to preserve the visual memory of the Holocaust – the “representation of the unrepresentable,” as he also responds to the words of Theodore Adorno, “to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric,” More specifically, Jusidman’s paintings ask us to consider the place of color in the darkest of memories of modern European history. What are the ethical limits of representing the Holocaust? How may we and how should we visualize the Holocaust? These are some of the issues that the artist and curator will explore in a conversation.
Confronting the Empire of Silence: Community-led Justice in DRC
Recorded April 26, 2023
Facing a culture of impunity, communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are forging their own paths forward to create and support sustainable solutions to end the protracted crisis and find justice. Watch this discussion as it delves into the various ways Congolese communities seek accountability by collecting testimonies, creating ad hoc truth and reconciliation initiatives, and sustained advocacy at the local and international level.
Prospects for Justice: The US and Atrocity Crimes
Recorded April 19, 2023
When mass atrocities occur, what options do victims have to seek justice through the US judicial system and possibly elsewhere? What are the US policies on supporting international justice mechanisms in cases of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity? Watch as Esti Tambay, Senior Counsel of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch, and Kristin Smith, Director of the Atrocity Crimes Initiative at the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section, discuss the possibilities and limitations of accountability for atrocity crimes through a US lens.