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Dunree woman's conflict exhibition
28.11.11
AN INISHOWEN woman is
curating an exhibition of everyday objects such as
rubbish bin lids that took on other uses during the
conflict in the North.
Triona White Hamilton from Dunree, is co-ordinator
of the exhibition called 'Everyday Objects
Transformed by the Conflict'. The project has been
launched by Healing Through Remembering, a
cross-community group that focuses on dealing with
the conflict "with the aim of achieving a peaceful
future for all".
A preview was recently held in Belfast and it is
hoped that a larger exhibition will tour the North
and border counties between February and August next
year. People are being invited to suggest possible
venues for the exhibition. |
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Buncrana woman Triona White Hamilton
who will take the 'Everyday Objects Transformed by
the Conflict' exhibition on tour around the border
counties including Donegal next year. Also pictured
are, left, Alan McBride and Oliver Wilkinson who are
board members of the Healing Through Remembering
cross-community group. |
Ms White Hamilton who
has a Masters degree in Cultural Heritage and Museum
Studies from the University of Ulster, described the
project as "important and challenging".
“There were only a small number of exhibits at the
preview, but we will be arranging to borrow a
substantial number of items from various collectors
for the main exhibition next year.
“We are also asking for suggestions on venues the
exhibition might visit, and the format it might
take.” Binlids were used as a communication tool and
means of protest in nationalist areas of Belfast
during the Troubles. Other items in the display
include armoured clipboards carried by police at
vehicle checkpoints; a sponge badge worn by
loyalists to protest against strikers being called
'spongers' and a tape recording from the former
pirate station, Station Radio Free Belfast. If you
would like to suggest a venue to show 'Everyday
Objects Transformed by the Conflict'
exhibition@healingthroughremembering.org |
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