HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Utopia, Classless Society, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
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The portraits are witnesses to history and they speak to us, holding us accountable. To honor these lives, i made altars of the dead - a place where we can meditate on history, the present moment, and our own mortality. Reflection from the younger generation about the war and the devastating consequences. I wanted to show that the music would endure music in the one thing that has allowed the cambodian people to access a time when their life wasn"t about war and genocide. - Pre - 1975 music -- part of the revival of cambodian heritage. Independence and freedom from the french government; they could focus on rebuilding themselves. Most of the images came through postcards -- captured the community and the peoples. Seen by the french as a place of tourism, an exotic place to go on vacation. Language and the people of the country. Domino effect: if one country fell to communism, then the rest would too.
