Their names are ordinary, Doris and Eva, Isak and Kitty.
Funny how easy it is to take things for granted. The Terezin display at Spazio Verde on my home sim Evora has been there for at least six months, and now my neighbour Axtilio Villiers is moving, which means that the exhibition that's been part of my virtual horizon for so long will soon be gone. Axtilio told me he built the gallery with its distinctive crayon tower to memorialize all children suffering violence, whether in places like Darfur and Burma or living in an abusive situation closer to home.
The little Czech town of Terezin was famous before WWII for its rich cultural and intellectual life. The Nazis turned it into walled ghetto, and used it for propaganda to show how well they were treating the Jews held there. Classes were organized by the inmates so the children could continue their education, despite the cramped conditions, the brutality, the starvation diet, and the awful prospect of being shipped off to Auschwitz - the fate of many of the detainees.
The eighteen pictures on display here by Doris, Eva, and the others are a handful of the thousands of drawings smuggled out of the camp by art teacher Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. They tell the story of everyday life in the camp from the viewpoint of children who are not children any more. I found myself looking more closely at these simple crayon pictures than I have many 'serious' works of art. TP over to the Terezin exhibition and see for yourself. It will enhance your appreciation for the life and liberty we have in the real world and in this carefree game.
Their names are ordinary, but their pictures pass down through the years and into our metaverse a reminder of the extraordinary power of choice. Artistic choices of the children: colour, form, and subject; but also the choices of the grown-ups to commit or allow cruelty, to act or to fail, and to find the courage to teach and to protect, and to remember. I loro nomi non hanno nulla di speciale: Eva, Doris, Izak, Kitty.
Funny how easy it is to take things for granted. The Terezin display at Spazio Verde on my home sim Evora has been there for at least six months, and now my neighbour Axtilio Villiers is moving, which means that the exhibition that's been part of my virtual horizon for so long will soon be gone. Axtilio told me he built the gallery with its distinctive crayon tower to memorialize all children suffering violence, whether in places like Darfur and Burma or living in an abusive situation closer to home.
The little Czech town of Terezin was famous before WWII for its rich cultural and intellectual life. The Nazis turned it into walled ghetto, and used it for propaganda to show how well they were treating the Jews held there. Classes were organized by the inmates so the children could continue their education, despite the cramped conditions, the brutality, the starvation diet, and the awful prospect of being shipped off to Auschwitz - the fate of many of the detainees.
The eighteen pictures on display here by Doris, Eva, and the others are a handful of the thousands of drawings smuggled out of the camp by art teacher Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. They tell the story of everyday life in the camp from the viewpoint of children who are not children any more. I found myself looking more closely at these simple crayon pictures than I have many 'serious' works of art. TP over to the Terezin exhibition and see for yourself. It will enhance your appreciation for the life and liberty we have in the real world and in this carefree game.
Their names are ordinary, but their pictures pass down through the years and into our metaverse a reminder of the extraordinary power of choice. Artistic choices of the children: colour, form, and subject; but also the choices of the grown-ups to commit or allow cruelty, to act or to fail, and to find the courage to teach and to protect, and to remember. I loro nomi non hanno nulla di speciale: Eva, Doris, Izak, Kitty.
In SL come in real, facilissimo prendere per scontato cose di valore che poi un giorno spariscono. Axtilio Villers il mio vicino di casa su sim Evora ha messo in vendita il suo land Spazio verde per più di sei mesi arricchito di una mostra chiamata semplicemente Terezin. Sono diciotto quadri, disegni eseguiti da bambini ebrei rinchiusi a Terezin cittadina ceca trasformata in ghetto durante la seconda guerra mondiale. La mostra è molto semplice rispecchia i colori primari dell'infanzia con una colonna-ciminiera fatta di matite. Axtilio mi disse che voleva commemorare non soltanto i piccoli artisti ebrei ma ricordare con questo simbolo l' infanzia perduta da chi subisce violenza anche nei nostri giorni in posti come Rwanda, Burma, Darfur ...
La propaganda nazista dipingeva Terezin quale città ideale 'un luogo regalato agli ebrei dal Führer'. In realtà gli stessi ebrei nonostante patissero la fame, violenze d'ogni tipo, condizioni orrende, e la minaccia costante d'essere portati via ai campi di sterminio, organizzarano lezioni per i bambini. L'insegnante d'arte, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, quando fu deportato ad Auschwitz, portò via con sé migliaia di disegni, oggi molti si trovano nella collezione del museo ebraico a Praga. Questi sono diciotto esemplari. Vai a vederli di persona a Spazio verde e guardali bene. Troverai motivo d'essere grato per la nostra libertà real e virtuale.
In questi quadri straordinari vivono i giovani artisti dai nomi comuni: Eva, Doris, Izak, Kitty e i loro compagni. Ma qui vivono anche le scelte fatte: le scelte artistiche - colori, soggetti, forme, ricordi. Vivono in questi quadri anche le scelte dei grandi; chi ha scelto di agire, chi di ignorare. Chi di permettere, chi di commettere atti di crudeltà. Chi soprattutto ha scelto di insegnare, di proteggere, e di non scordarsi mai.
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