Reverberations

A Future For Memory
Concept for Sydney Jewish Museum
Sydney, Australia

As we enter a post witness era, with passing and aging of Holocaust survivors, their stories will tell this history for generations to come. This exhibit tells the stories of 43 Australian survivors of the Holocaust, who have generously shared their story.

The stories of six survivors are told through an Ai powered interactive, where visitors can ask questions to survivors about their experiences. This is thanks to a bank of one thousand questions that six survivors answered in 2020 and 2021. Additionally, at the other end of the gallery, there is a media piece that shares stories from multiple survivors.

Client: Sydney Jewish Museum
Role: Visual Experience Designer
Phase: Concept

Local Projects Team: Charlotte van den Bosch, Jenny Wong, Jennifer Spoley, Stephen Baker, Tamar Rabinowitz, Amanda White

Press: Time Out, The AU Review

“Our community of Holocaust survivors live with the constant and everlasting trauma of what they went through. Telling their stories to visitors, especially children, is often very painful but they choose to endure this pain in the hope that listeners will learn lessons and stand up for peace, kindness and humanity.”

– Shannon Biederman, Sydney Jewish Museum’s Senior Curator

Concept & Design

The concept of reverberation is developed in both content and gallery design. A dynamic interpretation of reverberation is woven throughout the gallery to show how testimony reverberates within individuals, amongst communities, and across generations.

Testimony reverberates within each survivor,
shaping how and why they share their stories.

Testimony reverberates within Jewish communal identity. 

Testimony reverberates throughout the world and across
generations to shape our understanding of the Holocaust.