using
recycling to confront the tragedy of genocide
Conceived
and directed by JEFFREY SCHRIER
WINGS
of WITNESS, Katonah Musuem of Art Sculpture Garden, 2005
WINGS
OF WITNESS
A
memorial assemblage sculpture in progress inviting hands on participation
Under the direction and vision of artist
Jeffrey Schrier,
thousands of participants continue to construct elements for WINGS
of WITNESS through workshops Schrier presents at institutions,
museums and schools. The source material used for the assemblage
sculpture is millions of soda can tabs. The initial eleven-million
tabs were collected from all fifty states and eight countries by
Mahomet Seymour Jr. High students in Illinois in 1996-97, to
numerically recall the number of persons destroyed in the Holocaust.
Millions of additionally collected tabs continue to extend the scope
of the project, attempting to encompass the impact of genocide on
humanity. Now, over fifty- thousand participants internationally
have constructed "soda tab feathers" for the immense WINGS
of WITNESS assemblage. An expression of hope developing out of
tragedy, the shimmering butterfly form has been installed by
thousands of volunteers as a work in progress at
eight sites to date, including museums, institutions and public
spaces.
Wings of Witness at the Holocaust Memorial And Educational Center of Nassau County
WINGS of WITNESS is a massive project of memory and
creativity, that uses an art form to foster human decency, and to
build a prodigious community of
participants.
Confronting hate, apathy, and human carelessness, project workshops
continue, through the environmentally based
activity of recycling millions of tabs into this monumental work of
art. JOIN THE WINGS OF WITNESS STUDIO WITHOUT WALLS, by bringing
project workshops to your community.
Wings of Witness - Evolution
For a chronology of dramatic photos
documenting the eight sites that the memorial assemblage sculpture has visited
during its ongoing development, click:
Photo Metamorphosis
Click
here
for Project Background by Jeffrey Schrier, project Creative Director.
For
further information, contact Jeffrey Schrier: