Surviving History Traveling Exhibition Details
To download a full exhibition overview (pdf version), please click here
In Brief
The Surviving History traveling multimedia exhibition features art installations by renowned artists and
evocative use of video, text and photography. Drawing on an interdisciplinary range of media including:
photography, video, text, archival documentation, visual biography and biographical objects, it seeks to
express how history is experienced from an individual perspective.
Aim
This exhibition serves is a rich educational resource which addresses the importance of honouring
individual legacy, respect for diversity and awareness of racism.
Sections
There are five elements to the exhibition, which you can view below.
Section One: Photo Exhibit
A selection of evocative and thoughtful photos serve as an introduction to the narrators – in their homes,
with their biographical objects, and in some instances, in the places they brought us to, such as former
shtetls, the cemetery, or mass graves.
Section Two: Video Diaries
This consists of short video clips played on a loop, allowing the narrators to tell their stories in their own
words and with their own voices.
Section Three: Visual Biography Installation
This consists of individual art installation pieces to creatively represent the various narrators’ private and
public 'spaces' -- their internal and external worlds, both past and present. Renowned artists from the US,
UK and Germany were commissioned to create these thought provoking installations.
Section Four: Shoah – Remembrance Memorial
This creative installation will provide a wider context in which to situate the personal histories of the
narrators by commemorating the 200+ massacre sites in Lithuania.
Section Five: Surviving History documentary and supplementary videos
The award-winning documentary Surviving History and a short video named 'What Would You Do?' explores
the contrasting perspectives of the Holocaust in Lithuania and raises contemporary issues of dealing with
the past and racism. To learn more, please click here.
LINKED ACTIVITIES
Public Seminar
Speakers can be arranged to deliver a public talk.
Everything Speaks: The Inner Life of History Workshop
This is an innovative 2-day program and seeks to impart creative means of understanding and learning
from history, by finding and honouring the personal within the historical.
QUERIES?
We welcome queries from community organisations, museums, schools and educational institutions to
host this exhibition or some of its components. We offer flexible packages where the various elements can
be tailored to suit your organisation or community's requirements. Email us for more information or to
discuss your needs.
To download the exhibition overview, please click here (pdf document)
To download a full exhibition overview (pdf version), please click here
In Brief
The Surviving History traveling multimedia exhibition features art installations by renowned artists and
evocative use of video, text and photography. Drawing on an interdisciplinary range of media including:
photography, video, text, archival documentation, visual biography and biographical objects, it seeks to
express how history is experienced from an individual perspective.
Aim
This exhibition serves is a rich educational resource which addresses the importance of honouring
individual legacy, respect for diversity and awareness of racism.
Sections
There are five elements to the exhibition, which you can view below.
Section One: Photo Exhibit
A selection of evocative and thoughtful photos serve as an introduction to the narrators – in their homes,
with their biographical objects, and in some instances, in the places they brought us to, such as former
shtetls, the cemetery, or mass graves.
Section Two: Video Diaries
This consists of short video clips played on a loop, allowing the narrators to tell their stories in their own
words and with their own voices.
Section Three: Visual Biography Installation
This consists of individual art installation pieces to creatively represent the various narrators’ private and
public 'spaces' -- their internal and external worlds, both past and present. Renowned artists from the US,
UK and Germany were commissioned to create these thought provoking installations.
Section Four: Shoah – Remembrance Memorial
This creative installation will provide a wider context in which to situate the personal histories of the
narrators by commemorating the 200+ massacre sites in Lithuania.
Section Five: Surviving History documentary and supplementary videos
The award-winning documentary Surviving History and a short video named 'What Would You Do?' explores
the contrasting perspectives of the Holocaust in Lithuania and raises contemporary issues of dealing with
the past and racism. To learn more, please click here.
LINKED ACTIVITIES
Public Seminar
Speakers can be arranged to deliver a public talk.
Everything Speaks: The Inner Life of History Workshop
This is an innovative 2-day program and seeks to impart creative means of understanding and learning
from history, by finding and honouring the personal within the historical.
QUERIES?
We welcome queries from community organisations, museums, schools and educational institutions to
host this exhibition or some of its components. We offer flexible packages where the various elements can
be tailored to suit your organisation or community's requirements. Email us for more information or to
discuss your needs.
To download the exhibition overview, please click here (pdf document)
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