Abstract
Although largely overlooked in genocide and atrocity prevention scholarship, the arts have a critical role to play in mitigating risk factors associated with genocide and atrocity. Grounded in analysis of "Artivism: The Atrocity Prevention Pavilion,” the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities’ 2019 Venice Biennale exhibition and drawing from fieldwork, interviews, and secondary research, this article explores why one of the leading NGOs working to prevent future violent conflict would choose to curate an art exhibit at the Venice Biennale and what might be accomplished through such an exhibit. Ultimately, the Artivism exhibit, in its collection and range, provides a canvasing of multiple and directed creative interventions that allow for deeper understanding of how the arts can be used as a tool for mitigating risk factors associated with the prevention of genocide and atrocity in such a manner that has important ramifications for future prevention efforts.
Acknowledgements
With deepest thanks to Tibi Galis, Aida Sehovic, Kerry Whigham, and Linda Young for their openness and generosity.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.15.1.1796
Recommended Citation
Murphy, Kaitlin
(2021)
"Art as Atrocity Prevention: The Auschwitz Institute, Artivism, and the 2019 Venice Biennale,"
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal:
Vol. 15:
Iss.
1:
68–96.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.15.1.1796
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol15/iss1/8
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