- Venue
- Austrian Cultural Forum London
- Starts
- Monday, April 9, 2012
- Ends
- Friday, June 8, 2012
- Address
- 28 Rutland Gate, London SW7 IPQ
- Location
- London
Two small photographs found in a suitcase belonging to her great uncle, Hugo Hecker, formed the starting point for this exhibition by the photographer Julia Winckler. The suitcase had witnessed Hugo’s escape, in the summer of 1939, from Vienna to England. Hugo’s parents and most family members perished in the Holocaust, the two photographs constituting their last visual traces.The Traces exhibition attempts to preserve the family’s memory, capture Winckler’s journey to Poland to find traces of their lives there and to preserve the few inherited objects and documents for their potential to provide testimony as to what happened to the Hecker family and countless others that shared their fate.A series of accompanying talks and panel discussions hosted by the ACF London will further examine the context and issues raised through this exhibition.Thursday 31 May, 7pmAustrian Cultural Forum LondonWorking with Traces, Memory and ArchivesArt historian Deborah Schultz (International American University at Richmond) will chair an evening event with Polish curator Dominik Czechowski, painter Ruth Rix, and photographer Julia Winckler (University of Brighton and curator of the Traces exhibition).
