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Prisoners’ Objects
Collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
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Artikel-Nr:
9788874397600
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
19.09.2017
Seiten:
160
Gewicht:
770 g
Format:
249x200x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Roger Mayou is director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum.
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva, Switzerland, houses an extraordinary collection of works made by political prisoners. These works, made from whatever was available, were presented to visiting Red Cross/Red Crescent delegates. Spanning more than a century, they bear mute witness to the violent episodes that continue to ravage our planet, from Chile, Vietnam, Algeria, and Yugoslavia to Rwanda and Afghanistan. As a Lebanese inmate explained, "Creating is a way of acquiring freedom of expression. It gives us a means to say what we think while everything we see around urges us to keep quiet and to forget who we are."