Living Memory - In Conversation with Living Memory artist Catrine Val
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Living Memory showcases artist Catrine Val’s poignant and astonishing photographic portraits of London’s Jewish community. Conceived and produced during the autumn of 2020, Living Memory was made in response to a call by the German Embassy London to ‘Stand Together and Go Virtual’. Made during a time of profound dislocation caused by the pandemic, Brexit and the rise in antisemitism, the project sought to capture the stories of Holocaust survivors and those whose parents arrived as part of the ‘Kindertransport’, as well as Jewish families from all over the world who have made London their home. The project has personal resonance for Val, who is engaged in an ongoing process of seeking context and greater understanding of her own German-Jewish heritage, a history with which she has only recently been able to acknowledge and engage with. Curators Jana Riedel and Matthew Shaul will be in conversation with artist Catrine Val to discuss the development and inspiration for Living Memory and the artist’s engagement across past projects with migrant and marginalised communities.
This event is presented alongside Catrine Val's exhibition Living Memory at the Wiener Holocaust Library (19-23 June. 2023). It is hosted by the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations at Queen Mary University of London and is part of Migration: a public history festival, series of lectures, exhibitions, workshops and walks around London, supported by the Raphael Samuel History Centre.
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Katy Pettit