ART & PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS
CRIMES
OF WAR | TUE MAR 26 | Shatner
Ballroom
A photographic representation of 'collateral damage.' The series aims to instill
a commitment to a world of justice by presenting a vivid testimony of our
common humanity, and the atrocities we are capable of. In its honesty, the
series invites you to be stirred by the suffering of fellow human beings and
to allow the stark beauty of this award-winning photojournalism to coax an
integral commitment to a genuine sentiment of 'never again'.
Source credit: Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know. Ed. By Roy Gutman
and David Reiff. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1999.
FACES
OF PALESTINE: lives in exile | TUE MAR 26 | Shatner
Ballroom
This exhibition will portray images of the people of Bourj El-Barajneh, a
Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, peripheral to Beirut. Photos were
captured during the summer of 2002 by Shannon Dow, a volunteer for CEPAL (Canadian-Palestinian
Educational Exchange) who worked during this time to teach English to the
children of Bourj El-Barajneh.
GUATEMALA
PHOTO EXHIBIT
WED 27 MAR | 20:00 | Frank Dawson Adams
Auditorium
PAQG presentation before Haunted Land | These photographs reflect the experiences of Quebec volunteers who were supporting the Guatemalan's struggle against impunity and for human rights.
This exhibit is a collection of photographs taken by four young women during their work for the Projet Accompagnement Quebec-Guatemala (PAQG) in Guatemala. In 1996 the final peace accords were signed between the Guatemalan government and military on the one hand, and the armed opposition group on the other. These accords included an extensive and controversial clause that granted amnesty to those who committed massacres during the war.
The violations committed during the war were extensively documented in two reports, one by a truth commission (Comisión para Esclarecimiento Histórico- CEH) created by the peace accords. This commission found the Guatemalan armed forces to be responsible for 93% of the atrocities committed during the war and also found the Guatemalan state guilty of acts of genocide against indigenous population in four regions of the country. Despite this fact, very few of those known to be responsible for these acts have had sentences that reflect the seriousness of their crimes, if prosecuted at all. This is in part due to corruption the Guatemalan justice system and intimidation used against those trying to put an end to impunity. In this context, some attempts have been made to use outside justice systems and international law to see those responsible condemned. For more info: Carlos (514) 495-3131 or paqg@supernet.ca
PHOTOGRAPHY by Catherine Philippe
MAR 25-27 | McGILL
BOOKSTORE, McTavish Street | CAFÉ on 2ND FLOOR
Morocco: A land of Contrasts
People "All these people in the street:
Where do they come from?
Where are they going to?
Who are they?" (George Perec)
Three continents. Three women. Three smiles. One radiant warmth
I love saying yes but I can also say no. I'm a pessimist who still believes
in the power of a smile. I'm an optimist who doesn't like hearing "What
can ONE person do?" (a lot!). I have the travel bug. Cultures to discover.
Wonders to admire. Moments to share. People to understand. Faces to remember.
I'm the eye and the heart behind the camera. Go have a look at my pictures
and maybe you'll learn more about who I am, about who they are, about who
YOU are. Maybe.
A GENERATION DENIED
9:00 - 18:00 | MAR 25-26 | BUKHMAN ROOM (Councilor's Room)
SPHR presents an exhibition of Israeli violations of Palestinian children's rights.
ALL
OTHER EXHIBITS: STUDENT UNION (SHATNER) BALLROOM
MAR 26 | 10:30-16:30 | Student Union (Shatner)
Building | See Map
PROJECT ACCOMPAGNEMENT
This
exhibit is a collection of photographs taken by four young women
during their work for the Projet Accompagnement Quebec-Guatemala (PAQG)
in Guatemala.
In addition to its solidarity work done in Quebec, the PAQG helps train and
send volunteers to Guatemala to accompany human rights organizations, indigenous
communities or individuals who have requested an international presence due
to their insecure situation. Until 1998, the PAQG responded to the requests
of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico for international accompaniment during and
after their return to Guatemala. However, as of 1999, the PAQG widened its
work to support organizations, communities and individuals involved in the
struggle for justice and respect of Guatemalan human rights, the fight against
impunity and the documentation of human rights abuses committed during the
civil war that lasted 36 years and claimed 200 000 lives.
International Law context
In 1996, after many years of negotiations carried out with the protection
of the United Nation's MINUGUA (Misión de las Naciones Unidas para
la verificación de los Acuerdos de Paz en Guatemala), the final peace
accords were signed between the Guatemalan government and military on the
one hand, and the armed opposition group, the UNRG (Unión Revolucionaria
Nacional Gatemalteca) on the other. These accords included an extensive and
controversial clause that granted amnesty to those who committed massacres
during the war.
The violations committed during the war were extensively documented in two
reports, one by a truth commission (Comisión para Esclarecimiento Histórico-
CEH) created by the peace accords. This commission found the Guatemalan armed
forces to be responsible for 93% of the atrocities committed during the war
and also found the Guatemalan state guilty of acts of genocide against indigenous
population in four regions of the country. Despite this fact, very few of
those known to be responsible for these acts have had sentences that reflect
the seriousness of their crimes, if prosecuted at all. This is in part due
to corruption the Guatemalan justice system and intimidation used against
those trying to put an end to impunity. In this context, some attempts have
been made to use outside justice systems and international law to see those
responsible condemned.
These photographs reflect the experiences of Quebec volunteers who were supporting
the Guatemalan's struggle against impunity and for human rights.
For
more information on the Projet Accompagment Quebec-Guatemala please contact
Carlos at (514) 495-3131 or write to paqg@supernet.ca
FACES OF PALESTINE: LIVES IN EXILE
This exhibition will portray images of the people of Bourj El-Barajneh, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, peripheral to Beirut. Photos were captured during the summer of 2002 by Shannon Dow, a volunteer for CEPAL (Canadian-Palestinian Educational Exchange) who worked during this time to teach English to the children of Bourj El-Barajneh.
CRIMES OF WAR
A photographic representation of ‘collateral damage.’ The series aims to instil a commitment to a world of justice by presenting a vivid testimony of our common humanity, and the atrocities we are capable of. In its honesty, the series invites you to be stirred by the suffering of fellow human beings and to allow the stark beauty of this award-winning photojournalism to coax an integral commitment to a genuine sentiment of ‘never again.’ Source credit: Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know. Ed. By Roy Gutman and David Reiff. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1999.
TOTEMS
FOR HUMANITY by Serena Kovalosky |
+ more
Kovalosky would "casted" people from all walks of life sharing a
part of their soul while the casting process recorded a physical reminder
of the encounter. These incredible "out of studio" experiences eventually
evolved into Totems for Humanity, a worldwide Bodycast project that will incorporate
these casts into a series of totemic sculptures. At this year's Festival,
Serena Kovalosky will present the Bodycasts she has collected so far representing
the initial stages of the creation of two Totems, one for Canada and one for
the U.S. When completed, these 10-foot totems will join totems from other
countries in an international travelling exhibition, dedicated to promoting
a peaceful vision for the future. The first Bodycasts for the Canadian Totem
were made in 2001 at McGill's International Festival for Humanity.
Serena Kovalosky is a full-time professional artist and part-time vagabond.
For updates on her projects: www.kovalosky.com
(avail. soon) or serenakovalosky@hotmail.com
PHOTO EXHIBIT
ON NICARAGUA by Adrian Bitenhuis
To be presented in the coffee house area.
TALKING HEAD
By Calus
L'ART BYRINTH
Open City is an organization that works with
youth in Montreal. They use art as a tool of empowerment and expression, and
have become an active member in the Montreal art community. Please visit their
website: www.opencity.ca
ADBUSTERS
MAGAZINES
Adbusters is an organization that uses art to critically look at western society
and issues for viewing will be within the coffeehouse. For more info go to
www.adbusters.org
MIXED MEDIA
PIECES by: Marie Khediguian
Coordinator of the Life Drawing Society
Blue and White Oil pastels on newsprint, it is about the objectification of
women in society and how women are seen as shades, colours or just parts of
the body we are not seen in as a whole body.
Enslavement Charcoal, this is about how we think that slaves are no longer
reality but we enslave many people everyday and we don't even notice.
Dependence series of photographs about how people(like babies) are so dependent
on each other.
GARBAGE HEAD
TOTEM by Mark Kneeskern
i am biodegradable...i will not deny this but can't resist to fight the things
that arent so...like plastic...i will not be described as plastic... flexible
yes, but my molecules are not so strongly bound...i am bound to find a way
to visually express this pain i feel over the waste of resources and the abuse
of land and people over and over and over...i have a permanent Garbage Vision...when
i look around me i find my gaze averted to the gutter where i see what the
people leave behind and how they have stopped thinking about the interconnectedness
of everything...i saw the beauty of a dented can at age 7 and realized smell
can be art when i was 27...finally i can walk around stinking and feel like
it's performance art...many others do not feel this is art...i understand...
garbage head totem...i will visually describe 5 tribes of people based on
their garbage... it will be made out of recycled paper and objects i have
collected from the streets and paths of these tribes...each tribe will have
a description...
MIXED MEDIA
PIECES by Megan Hlusko
Coordinator of life drawing society.
American Patriot A piece about the roots of patriotism that are uncovered
in times of crisis. Water color and pastel.
Mass Women A piece about how the image of a women is conformed in the face
of global marketing.
Paper printed A piece about struggle with the truths of the media. Collage.
Poor puppy A piece about the injustice in the way puppies are treated in Quebec
due to a lack a laws prohibiting puppy mills. Pastel.
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