The Office of Public Works in association with Holocaust Awareness Ireland presents
Photography: History & Memory
Sean Rainbird & Amelia Stein RHA in conversation.
The event will be moderated by Trish Lambe curator at the Gallery of Photography Ireland & introduced by Oliver Sears gallerist & founder of Holocaust Awareness Ireland whose exhibition The Objects of Love is currently on view at Dublin Castle.
Tuesday 25th January, 6pm The Bedford Hall, Dublin Castle
Guests are encouraged to visit the exhibition before the talk.
Seats are very limited RSVP :angela.cassidy@opw.ie
You can also attend livestream here:
https://livestream.com/accounts/285324/events/10097684
Gold Powder Compact, Amelia Stein RHA
The Objects of Love tells the story of one Jewish family before during and after the Second World War through a collection of precious family photographs, objects and documents. Amelia Stein‘s photographs of some of the objects feature in the exhibition and the conversation will include the process of recording such historically significant artefacts as well as a broad a reflection of the role institutions play in documenting the photographic records of the history of the state.
"It was felt that Łódź was simply too dangerous for Jews after the war so in 1947 Kryszia took the decision that the family should leave. She sold her apartment for a fraction of its value, bought gold and had it made into a powder compact. Gold is the perfect currency for the refugee, and a powder compact the perfect object to conceal value in plain sight. When I first picked it up, it was so heavy it fell through my heart. My grandmother’s whole world had been distilled into one golden square of hope." (extract from The Objects of Love by Oliver Sears)