When The Pillars Wear Tearness*
Remembering the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 30 years ago
7.4.–4.7.2024
Opening on Sun, 7 April 2024 at 4 pm
Pillars of Memory, Yppenplatz, 1160 Vienna
A memorial project
by Bele Marx & Gilles Mussard (artistic concept, idea and project organization)
on the initiative of and in cooperation with Ancilla Umubyeyi
Against the background
of the question of commemoration in public space (the pros and cons of a permanent memorial in the culture of remembrance), the Pillars of Memory will visualise, document and name critical aspects and thus initiate a process of debate and stimulate discussion.
This project is the preliminary stage of an artistic-scientific remembrance project, which is to be developed in co-operation with scientists and researchers and whose aim is to record as many names of the victims as possible over the next five years and to complete the column of names. In addition, the three Morris columns with their thematic focal points are to be artistically realised as artefacts in virtual space. The commemorative work is to be completed by the 35th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in 2029 and will be presented in Bunker 16, in the Brunnenpassage and in the virtual space during the project development.
CORE TEAM
Ancilla Umubyeyi
(initiative, commissioning and co-organisation)
comes from Rwanda and has lived in Austria since 1991. She is married and has two children. She is a survivor of the genocide in Rwanda. In 1994, around 1 million Tutsi were murdered within 100 days. Among them members of Ancilla’s family. As a survivor, she feels it is her responsibility to inform people about what happened in Rwanda and to warn them, as such events can happen again anywhere, any time. She also wants to restore the victims of the genocide’s dignity that was torn from them at the time.“My greatest wish, however, is that this genocide and its victims are not forgotten and that people learn from the mistakes of the past.” Ancilla Umubyeyi is a counsellor and committee member of Rwanda Diaspora in Austria.
Bele Marx & Gilles Mussard
(Artistic concept, idea and project organization)
Artist couple, inventor team, metteurs en scène,
have been married since 1998 and have been working together on projects since 1996, primarily in the field of memory and scientific innovation in collaboration with museums, research centres, universities, cities and institutions. Further information at www.belegilles.com
The memorial project is being worked on in close cooperation with the Rwanda Diaspora in Austria.
DATES
OPENING
on Sunday, 7 April 2024 at 4 pm
Pillars of Memory, Yppenplatz, 1160 Vienna
Project duration from 7 April to 4 July 2024
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Events in cooperation with the Brunnenpassage accompany the installation at the pillars:
The interrupted dream and trauma
PANEL CONVERSATION
Esther Mujawayo-Keiner, a Rwandan-German sociologist, trauma therapist and author,
and Ancilla Umubyeyi in conversation with Doron Rabinovici
Sunday, 28 April 2024 at 4 pm
Meeting point 1160 Vienna, Yppenplatz
Pillars of Memory
The conversation will take place afterwards in the Brunnenpassage
Resilience and reconstruction
READING
from the book Do Not Accept To Die by Dimitrie Sissi Mukanyiligira
Saturday, 25 May 2024 at 5.30 pm
Meeting point 1160 Vienna, Yppenplatz
Pillars of Memory
The reading will take place afterwards in the Brunnenpassage
Life goes on – we celebrate life
CONCERT
Grand finale with Vusa Mkhaya and Band
Bele Marx & Gilles Mussard and Ancilla Umubyeyi together with Rwanda Diaspora in Austria invite you to the CLOSING EVENT of this project.
Friday, 28 June 2024 at 5.30 pm
Meeting point 1160 Vienna, Yppenplatz
Pillars of Memory
The concert will take place afterwards in the Brunnenpassage and is produced by Salon WOLLzeile in co-operation with Brunnenpassage.
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PRESENTATION
of our work on
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 3 and 5 pm
Pillars of Memory, Yppenplatz, 1160 Vienna
as part of Erinnern in Zukunft StraßenKunstFest Preview – Open Air at Yppenplatz
Exactly one month before the StreetArtFest on Yppenplatz (8.6.), there will be a preview this year! The occasion is May 8th, the day of remembrance, which celebrates the official end of World War II in Europe. In this context, we will also focus on the bunker under Yppenplatz and discuss questions of plural remembrance in the future.
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More information on the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda >>> Genocide Archive of Rwanda
Information on the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, organized by the Rwanda Diaspora in Austria in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda >>> Invitation
ANALOGUE WORLD / VIRTUAL WORLD
ANALOGUE WORLD
The 3 analogue columns have a very reduced design. They are kept plain in a black light-absorbing colour. More information can be called up using QR codes.
VIRTUAL WORLD / artefacts
The centre of the artwork is a large virtual pillar, the name pillar, which is visible in the digital world. It shows the names of the victims who were given to us by Rwanda Diaspora in Austria. The names are also read aloud and can be heard via headphones. The artefact can be accessed on site from 7 April 2024 with sound via a QR code, so a smartphone with access to mobile data and headphones are required. You will need to bring these yourself. >>> Click here for instructions Note for Apple users: IOS currently does not support augmented reality, to see and hear the artefact on Apple devices, please download the XR-browser in advance.
Model, detail
Model, detail
Model
Animation
Realization
IMPRESSUM
TEAM
Artistic concept, idea and project organization
BELE MARX & GILLES MUSSARD
Initiated, commissioned and co-organized by
ANCILLA UMUBYEYI
Analogue monument
Realisation with Musou Black
Artefact/virtual monument
Realisation with The Artificial Museum (ARM), an initiative by the artist Litto/Daniela Weiss and programmed by Jascha Ehrenreich. ARM uses public space as a medium for art by means of a web-based augmented reality application. The artefact was realized in cooperation with SystemKollektiv and 3D artist Peter Várnai and can be viewed on the Artificial Museum platform (artificialmuseum.com).
The artefact can be accessed on site from 7 April 2024 with sound via a QR code, so a smartphone with access to mobile data and headphones are required. You will need to bring these yourself. >>> Click here for instructions
Note for Apple users: IOS currently does not support augmented reality, to see and hear the artefact on Apple devices, please download the XR-browser in advance.
DATES
OPENING
Sunday, 7 April 2024 at 4 pm
1160 Vienna, Yppenplatz
Pillars of Memory
Followed by a get-together in the Brunnenpassage
PANEL CONVERSATION
Esther Mujawayo-Keiner, a Rwandan-German sociologist, trauma therapist and author,
and Ancilla Umubyeyi in conversation with Doron Rabinovici
Sunday, 28 April 2024 at 4 pm
Meeting point 1160 Vienna, Yppenplatz
Pillars of Memory
The conversation will take place afterwards in the Brunnenpassage
PRESENTATION
of our work on
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 3 and 5 pm
Pillars of Memory, Yppenplatz, 1160 Vienna
as part of Erinnern in Zukunft StraßenKunstFest Preview – Open Air at Yppenplatz
READING
from the book Do Not Accept To Die by Dimitrie Sissi Mukanyiligira
Saturday, 25 May 2024 at 5.30 pm
Meeting point 1160 Vienna, Yppenplatz
Pillars of Memory
The reading will take place afterwards in the Brunnenpassage
CONCERT
Grand finale with Vusa Mkhaya and Band
Bele Marx & Gilles Mussard and Ancilla Umubyeyi together with Rwanda Diaspora in Austria invite you to the CLOSING EVENT of this project.
Friday, 28 June 2024 at 5.30 pm
Meeting point 1160 Vienna, Yppenplatz
Pillars of Memory
The concert will take place afterwards in the Brunnenpassage and is produced by Salon WOLLzeile in co-operation with Brunnenpassage.
Free entry
PRODUCTION
couscous & cookies, verein für elastische poesie
in cooperation with masc foundation, Brunnenpassage and Initiative Bunker 16
With friendly support of Musou Black and MA 59
The closing event and the concert on 28 June are supported as part of the Salon WOLLzeile by the
Stadt Wien Kultur
The extension to the artistic-scientific remembrance project is sponsored by
Zukunftsfonds der Republik Österreich, Otto Mauer Fonds, Bildrecht and the Bezirksvertretung – Ottakring, Bezirksvorsteherin Stefanie Lamp
In memory of Walter Arlen (died September 2023) and his, the DICHTER family
Thanks to Roland and Richard Schütz of masc foundation // Anne Wiederhold, Miki Podgorac, Srdan Ivanović, David Mathews and the Brunnenpassage team // Litto / Daniela Weiss, Jascha Ehrenreich, Hidéo Snes und Peter Várnai von Artificial Museum (ARM) // Daniel Puschina of Musou Black // Cay am Yppenplatz, as well as Susanne Höhne, Dominique Fina, Susanne J. Györög, Hannah Singer, Brita Pohl, Matthias Adensamer, Doron Rabinovici, Esther Mujawayo-Keiner, Dimitrie Sissi Mukanyiligira, Vusa Mkhaya, Timna Brauer, Katrin Jordan, Doris Danler, Christine Stromberger, Elvira Faltermeier, Elisabeth Blum and Elvira M. Gross
Links
*Title When The Pillars Wear Tearness © Roland Schütz
Contact
bele(at)belegilles.com
More information on the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda >>> Genocide Archive of Rwanda
Information on the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, organized by the Rwanda Diaspora in Austria in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda >>> Invitation
