Exhibitions Aesthetics of Atrocity
February 3 - March 18, 2012
February 3 – March 18, 2012
The Survivors exhibition features the stories of Banyamulengue youth Sandra Uwiringiy’imana and Alex Ngabo as they tell of their survival of the 2004 Gatumba massacre in Congo. Guest curated by Princesse Nabintu and Joanna Heatwole.
February 22, 7pm
A performance and photography slideshow by Larry Towell, Magnum photographer with harmonica player Mike Stevens.
February 29, 7pm
Philip Kennicott, culture critic of the Washington Post presents “Codes of Exposure: Imaging the Body and Suffering in Haiti.”
March 7, 7pm
A panel on images of atrocity and trauma featuring Janet Borgenson, Rochester Institute of Technology, Jessica Lieberman, RIT, Jonathan Schroader, RIT, Jason Middleton, University of Rochester, and Millie Chen, University of Buffalo.
March 14, 7pm
Looking for an Icon (2005) film screening, directed by Hans Pool and Maaik Krijgsman, 55 minutes
All events are free and open to the public.
Support for these events has been provided by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York Council for the Humanities.
- Installation view of the Survivors exhibition, included in "Aesthetics of Atrocity"