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["Seshadri, Meera" <>]

Hello all,

 

I was wondering if any of you have experience hosting Jason Dilley on your campus? We would love to hear any feedback from staff and more importantly, students. There is some interest in bringing him to Harvard during SAAM, and we just wanted to know if anyone had familiarity with his work. Please feel free to reply to me individually. Thank you so much!

 

Here’s a snippet about his work and the exhibit:

 

History of Unheard Voices©

Unheard Voices© was the creative concept of artist Jason Dilley of Project Face to Face®. Mr. Dilley initially created Project Face to Face® in collaboration with the Bay Center Area for Art and Technology in San Francisco (www.pftf.com), working with the Department of Education at the Smithsonian Institution to create a curriculum to accompany that exhibit. In 1995, Mr. Dilley created Unheard Voices©. FRIS purchased Unheard Voices© in 2009 and created a detailed User's Guide (below) to assist exhibitors in hosting the exhibit.

 

 

The Exhibit

The Unheard Voices© exhibit provides a venue for victims to share their experiences in their own words and voices. The full exhibition consists of 19 handcrafted face castings and one full body casting of sexual assault survivors, as well as their brief audio recorded oral histories. Each survivor speaks about his or her story on a 2-9 minute recording that is activated by the viewer. The headphone's short cord facilitates a face to face encounter with the teller of the story.

 

The exhibit has been displayed in art galleries on campuses and in communities as well as in quiet, accessible areas (such as separate meeting spaces at conferences) where visitors can respectfully listen, learn and understand the impact of sexual violence. It is a powerful exhibit that shares real stories of tragedy and survival.

 

 

 

 

Meera Seshadri

Education Specialist | Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR)

24 hour hotline: 617.495.9100

Department of Health Promotion & Education | Harvard University Health Services

(617.496.6249|8osapr.harvard.edu |-837 Smith Center, Cambridge, MA 02138

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