RELICS OF REMEMBRANCE – what Holocaust survivors’ objects tell us.
Bródy House – Bunker Gallery – District VIII., 10. Bródy Sándor Street – Budapest
The exhibition can be visited free of charge: November 28 – December 11, 2024.
Mon-Sun: 8a.m. – 4p.m. and Fri-Sat: 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Everyday objects steeped in stories of Holocaust survivors serve as testimonies of life. How the individual were able to survive an unimaginably destructive period, and to preserve and pass on to future generations perseverance and perseverance that is still valid today.
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust, the Hungarian Jew Social Aid Foundation / MAZS Foundation gathered Three 3rd. generation artists – Anna Tihanyi, Eszter Biró, Zsuzsi Flohr at the bunker of Bródy House organizes an exhibition of their works. The three photographic works focus on processing the legacy of the generation of Holocaust survivors through the personal stories of the creators. The series of descendants, the evoking objects inherited and preserved from their grandparents, become focal points of healing and reflection. Although their starting point in each of the three cases are from a unique point of view. Dealing with themes of the complexity of liveable loss, duty and memory, they lead the audience. At the opening of the exhibition, also with the participation of descendants of survivors, musical (Lamm David ) and prose (Golem Theater) adaptations of a story.
In addition to questions of identity, they shed light on the memories of real and imagined community heritages, the necessity of the triad of doubts, responsibility and hope.
The exhibition can be visited free of charge for two weeks in the gallery of Brody House (1088 Budapest, Bródy Sándor u. 10.). With the help of photographers, guided tours will be organized during opening hours as a related program. The head of the professional implementation of the memorial program, the curator of the exhibition is Vivien Boronyák, artistic manager.
Update by Aggie Reiter
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