Tree Project in MAKING THE MEMORY SACRED Art, Human Rights and Community A dialogue on art, public space, community and memorialization

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MAKING THE MEMORY SACRED: Art, Human Rights and CommunityA dialogue on art, public space, community and memorializationhopes to foster a comparative global dialogue between participant artists, designers, scholars and activists around the world to investigate intersections of art, site, human rights, community, and memory.

HOW:
Participants were initially asked asked to respond to quotes provided by:

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, NYU
Hiroshi Sunairi, NYU
Steven Zeitlin, Citylore

And then to respond to each other’s posts.

WHEN:
The dialogue is ongoing and organic.

WHAT:
The curated online dialogue is an interdepartmental effort partnered with the A/P/A Institute at NYU, NYU’s Center for Media, Culture and History/Center for Religion and Media, NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Art and Art Professions and the Asian American Arts Alliance (a4) and a4′s Locating The Sacred Festival.

http://www.nyu-apastudies.org/MakingMemorySacred/