I ended up printing out a picture of an Irish friendship ring. Even while I was presenting it, it just felt like a total lie because I had no connection to it. I just wanted the assignment to be over. She managed to meet her family on a three-day layover in South Korea, on the way back to the US from Guam on a research trip.
The exhibition delves into the multifaceted notion of 'Opfer,' a German term that encapsulates both sacrifice and victimhood, stirring a profound dialogue between devotion and loss.
"There's this one side [where] people are leaving the country. Four children from my son's class have left the country. And then on the flip side of it, we have become even more proud and even more Jewish, standing tall and standing strong."
Markus Schleinzer's film 'Rose' imagines the life of a woman in the 17th century who conceals her gender, portraying her as a scarred soldier returning from war. This character claims to be the heir to an abandoned farmstead, reflecting the struggles women faced in a male-dominated society.
Ukrainian communities abroad are not just watching the war unfold; they are actively carrying part of that fight forward, embodying a living extension of Ukraine itself.
Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng expresses that growing up in Wicklow as a mixed-race individual often felt isolating, as they navigated their identity in a small town.
"Given the impetus of the plot involves James Bond - the world's most famous spy - undertones of the genre of intelligence and espionage are alluded to, in both the choice of a monospace typeface, ABC Rom Mono, and in the widely tracked, code-like setting of it."
