[sl] U.S. Holocaust Museum's Darfur Photos on Camp GK
Harper Poultry, a resident in Teen Second Life, experienced Global Kids' representation of the Darfur photo exhibit from the U.S. Holocaust museum and left the following comment:
"This isn't gonna happen again, the holocaust will never happen again, because I wont let it."
First, the event in the real world.
Our Walls Bear Witness
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will project wall-sized images of the genocide in Darfur onto its facade every night during Thanksgiving week, marking the first time the national memorial's exterior will be used to highlight contemporary genocide. The photographs are drawn from the work of some of the world's premier photojournalists, including VoGP guest, Ron Haviv.
A version of the museum, and of the photos, have been created in the main grid. Those folks were kind enough to give us a copy, with the help of Claudia Linden, and they are now on display on Global Kids Island. Come check them out and leave your comments below. You can also read a post created by Joe, a GK youth leader in the machinima program, about his response to the photos.
Floating above the museum:
Linden made the welcome message to the teen grid over Thanksgiving weekend a promotion for the event. It read: "Ever ask yourself, What Genocide in Darfur? Find out now through Nov. 26th by viewing a special video and photos, developed in partnership with the U.S. Holocaust Museum. TP to Global Kids Island event stage."
A number of teens built objects to support the event. nik385 Doesburg helped out a lot, amongst other things building a rotating globe with an arrow pointing to the Darfur region of the Sudan.
Along with a video from the opening ceremonies at the U.S. Holocaust museum, we ran a second screen with a student project about Darfur from TSL resident Aesop Thatch, created for a school project:
