Closer: Portraits of Survival
Номер объектаM2017/015:003
НазваниеCloser: Portraits of Survival
Создатель Katherine Griffiths
ОписаниеTom Fleming (Tomas Fleischmann) is one of the survivors photographed by Katherine Griffiths for the exhibition 'Closer: Portraits of Survival', sponsored by the JCA Szlamek and Ester Lipman Memorial Endowment Fund.
Tom holds a silver serving platter salvaged from the family castle in Slovakia. After returning from Theresienstadt, the family found cattle on the parquetry floors and evidence of looting. The platter, containing the family crest, was one of the few items from their pre-war life they were able to bring to Australia.
The survivor and the object are both witnesses to history and retainers of memory, embodiments of a traumatic past but also conduits to that past, vessels through which we can contemplate the profound and ongoing impact of the Holocaust.
In these photographs history and memory fuse seamlessly together. As the events of the Holocaust recede ever further into the past, it is the human as well as historical stories that the survivors and their objects convey that will emblazon this searing memory into the hearts and minds of succeeding generations. Through contemplating the stories of these individuals in tandem with the often humble, yet deeply significant objects they hold, the past is brought to bear in the present, compelling us to grapple with its meaning now and into the future.
Tom holds a silver serving platter salvaged from the family castle in Slovakia. After returning from Theresienstadt, the family found cattle on the parquetry floors and evidence of looting. The platter, containing the family crest, was one of the few items from their pre-war life they were able to bring to Australia.
The survivor and the object are both witnesses to history and retainers of memory, embodiments of a traumatic past but also conduits to that past, vessels through which we can contemplate the profound and ongoing impact of the Holocaust.
In these photographs history and memory fuse seamlessly together. As the events of the Holocaust recede ever further into the past, it is the human as well as historical stories that the survivors and their objects convey that will emblazon this searing memory into the hearts and minds of succeeding generations. Through contemplating the stories of these individuals in tandem with the often humble, yet deeply significant objects they hold, the past is brought to bear in the present, compelling us to grapple with its meaning now and into the future.
Дата 2016 - 2016
Темаsurvivors, volunteers
Наименованиеphotographs
Размерность
- width: 295.00 mm
height: 210.00 mm
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Katherine Griffiths