Terror

A wonderful way to appreciate life and how privileged we really are is to step outside of routine and learn about the world and our human history. The Terror Museum is one of the must-see experiences of Budapest. Once inside you begin to understand the nature of what the people of this country have been through during the time of occupation by the Nazi's and the Soviets. The culture of terror that the region lived with until the early 1990s is heartbreaking. I only have a short time to write now, but will update this posting as I'd like to include some of the history I learned. There is one image attached taken from outside of the museum (the walls are lined with images of people victimized). The four images from the interior are 1) Photographs of victims wrapping the walls up 4 floors 2) A labyrinth of blocks of pig fat 3) An installation of a carpet/map with artifacts from each region floating atop 4) The "churches" room a large marble crucifix embedded in the floor.






Completely unrelated to this exhibit...Tonight the gang goes to an opening organized by Beata for the past artists who have done this residency and tomorrow morning Jenna and I will travel by train to Vienna for two days (I will not update until I get back from our short excursion).

If you have any interest in looking at very powerful artwork made in response to some of the atrocities of human history, look at the work of French photographer and installation artist, Christian Boltanski.