This piece has so far had the working title “How not to care”. However, while the irony in that title expressed some of my feelings about how we often cope with reality (by not caring, by making up excuses that allow us not to take action), I want the piece to focus on how to [...]
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How to care: First sketch
Posted in design thoughts on August 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rethinking the structure of Judenrat
Posted in design thoughts on June 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From an online discussion on the project comes this very valid point:
“This kind of format tends to heavily reflect the biases of the author while at the same time implying that the chooser’s choice in some way matters. (…) You’ve created a somewhat crude Holocaust simulation that invites people to imagine what it might be [...]
Judenrat: The choices they didn’t make
Posted in design thoughts on June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are some choices I imagine participants in Judenrat might make, that I haven’t seen any historical precedent for. Two examples:
The Nazis are kidnapping people in the streets and using them as forced labor. Jewish men are afraid to go out, and many stay inside for days. Some ghettoes react by setting up lists of [...]
