time: 11.08.22, 21:00
space: the office / Stube
film: Everything is Illuminated, Liev Schreiber, 2005, USA, 104min
group: Giulia, Carlo, Jovana, Andrej, Brigitte
context
Jonathan Safran Foer, a young American Jew, goes to Ukraine to search for his grandfather’s homeland: Trachimbrod, a small town that was wiped off the map during Holocaust. All that is left of Trachimbrod is an archive of collected objects.
discussion
- why do people collect things?
- how is value generated? can dust have more value than a jewel?
- how important are archives – for society, for individuals, for culture, for knowledge?
- how is collecting objects connected to defining identity?
- why do we hold on to personal memories?
film
Schreiber, Liev. Everything is Illuminated, USA, 2005, 104min.
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