The TRANSPORT XX installation in Brussels was organised from 27 January to 15 March 2009 by the BELvue Museum in collaboration with the JMDR / Dossin Barracks (Kazerne Dossin – more info below).
The photographic portraits were displayed outside in the Royal park in Brussels (opposite the Royal Palace). In this way passers-by were confronted with 1,200 faces of the victims.
This event commemorated the release of Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland) on 27 January 1945.
Made possible by: Project “Give them a Face” – Kazerne Dossin: Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on the Holocaust and Human Rights (Mechelen, BE); and the National State Archives of Belgium. Ministry of Justice, Public Safety Office, Foreigner’s Police, individual files. Film : 20200228 Michel van der Burg | michelvanderburg.com | miracles.media
The book presents an eclectic range of propositions with over 500 video stills on how we think through the medium of moving image, and a preface by Wei Shaonong, Dean School of Design, East China Normal University.
“For The One Minutes, a minute is not a conceptual limitation of time, but the beginning of a new world, starting from a minute to discover and explore the infinite possibilities of video art, life and world.” — Wei Shaonong
Credits
‘刹那即永恒 – One Minute is Eternal’ presented Jan. 28, 2020 by The One Minutes at ROZENSTRAAT in Amsterdam.
Publication ‘刹那即永恒 – One Minute is Eternal’ was made possible by the generous support of East China Normal University and Consulate-general of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Shanghai.
Image and text from (i) press release The One Minutes 20 December 2019 , and (ii) the book preview presented at Instagram channel @theoneminutes_ . Film : 20200131 Michel van der Burg | miracles.media
Ashes Pond
An unforgettable moment for me that ‘touching the ash pond’ I filmed in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, were I was filming Simon Gronowski and Koenraad Tinel, May 2012, for the upcoming documentary film Miracles.
Into this pond were dumped the ashes of the people, who were murdered (gassed) and burned at the nearby crematorium.
Sharing this moment today for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camps. Courtesy of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, Poland. Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp in Poland, May 24th 2012.
Film : Ashes Pond (20200127) Michel van der Burg | Settela•Com
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