Counting-Out Rhyme
Artist:
Jarosław Kozłowski
Technique:
installation
Measurement:
bowls: ø 20 cm (each); cloth: 50 × 40 cm (each)
Date:
2005
15 bowls of dried-up paint each have a matching cloth on which someone has wiped their dirty hands. Each such ‘soiling/cleaning’ set is ascribed to a site of genocide. Washing hands is a symbolic act of removing oneself from these events and thereby from any responsibility. However, the material testimony remains.
