This video, photography and sound installation explores the processes of remembrance by following the journey of child survivors of the Holocaust who were evacuated to the Lake District in 1945.
The artists visited Auschwitz and Plasow in Poland, Prague and Terezin (Theresienstadt ghetto) in the Czech Republic, as well as Windermere, Ambleside and Troutbeck in the Lake District of the UK.
During the visits digital image and sound material was collected and interviews were held with some of the survivors who were evacuated to the Lake District. This material was used in the instalation to explore the events of sixty years ago and their imprint on the present day.
The original installation was exhibited in Kendal Town Hall on 26 January 2007. This installation material was reworked and reduced scale versions of the installation were exhibited in The Lakes School, Windermere during January and February 2008, and at The Ormsgill Family Centre, Barrow-in-Furness, during April 2008.
A version of the installation is currently touring around schools throughout Cumbria and Yorkshire.
Originally supported by an individual award from Arts Council England (North West) to Trevor Avery of Another Space; the project has evolved into a major oral history and visual archive project, managed by Another Space and supported by Heritage Lottery Fund.
Artists involved: Chris Atkins, Trevor Avery, Denise Neild, Gill White.
