Artist field note

Alfredo Jaar

The ethics of looking must be designed, not assumed.

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The Eyes of Gutete Emerita by Alfredo Jaar
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The Eyes of Gutete Emerita

1996

Millions of slides repeat one survivor's eyes, resisting the reduction of tragedy to anonymous scale.

The five in one idea

Jaar slows the consumption of suffering and makes spectators answer for how images are seen.