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Horrific hankies
pays tribute to those killed in Irelandês sectarian violence
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| 8-Novemberr-2002 |
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Above: Tom
Fitzgerald and Lycia Trouton inspect some of the linen handkerchiefs
which run the length of the Cloisters Gallery to ceiling level.
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Two doctoral students
from the University of Wollongong with Irish heritage have made their
tribute to the thousands who have lost their lives over the past 30 years
of sectarian violence in Ireland in a moving art and music peace installation
known as –Horrific Hankies ® the Irish Linen Memorial”.
The travelling Irish
memorial is on show until 11 November in the Cloisters Gallery, Faculty
of Creative Arts, before it heads off around Australia and overseas.
The memorial takes
the form of an installation of textiles/music and dance.
It is called the Irish
Linen Memorial and has been created by Creative Arts doctoral student
Lycia Trouton who is a Canadian/Irishwoman visual artist and sculptor.
She has printed the names of the 3,658 Irish killed between 1966-2000
on to linen handkerchiefs, as linen is emblematic of the North of Ireland
due to the history of this industry there.
In addition there
is music-soundscape by fellow Creative Arts doctoral student, Tom Fitzgerald,
an accomplished composer who empowers the experience of Lyciaês visual
art by providing tones that are prayerful and sacred in an act of remembrance.
The Head of the Centre
for Australian Canadian Studies, Associate Professor Gerry Turcotte, presented
the opening address. Lycia described the project as apolitical with the
mobile memorial aimed at inspiring ecumenical forgiveness and healing.
The installation includes a thumb print wall that has thumb prints from
people of all cultures ® a touch symbolising recognition, sympathy and
wishes for resolution of conflict.
The Canada Council
and the University of Wollongongês Centre for Research in Image, Performance
and Text (CRIPT), has provided sponsorship for the project.
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