"Residue of Silence"

installation

"Residue of Silence" connects three different yet related points of view in a multidisciplinary investigation of memory and the Holocaust. In Francisca de Beurges Rosenthal's mixed media sound installation, SH'MA (Listen and Understand), audio-recorded survivors' memories emanate from sculptural chairs, in juxtaposition with found objects and wall text. Using the landscape as a common thread, Joyce Lyon weaves together in dialogue her father's memories of Rzeszow, the Polish town of his childhood, memories of her childhood in New York, and her adult explorations into the continuing reverberations of the Holocaust. Howard Oransky layers fragments of images and text on transparent fabric and canvas, suggesting a form of remembrance that skips over time and space despite our desire for a linear story. Image by Howard Oransky