Shades of Grey: The Role of the Sublime in the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln University
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Landscape Review |
| Online Access: | https://journals.lincoln.ac.nz/index.php/lr/article/view/704 |
| Summary: | <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a ‘post-disaster’ landscape, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe does, arguably, occupy ground where the mass extermination of the Jewish people of Europe was masterminded, but it is not physically a site of death. Commonly, memorial landscapes are erected upon the location where violence, tragedy and disaster have occurred. Divorced from the diasporic dead it seeks to honour, the memorial employs spatial form, the surrounding atmosphere and human memory to potentialise a sublime experience for visitors. The sublime plays an essential role in memorial landscapes because sublime experiences are heightened, unforgettable and enduring. This reduces the possibility that visitors will depart the memorial unscathed, leaving the monument to bear the burden of memory. While a sublime experience can be optimised, it cannot be given, thus, the onus of remembering the Holocaust remains our responsibility.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span> |
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| ISSN: | 1173-3853 2253-1440 |