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Two Sisters Exhibition 6 January 2004 On Saturday 17th January, Manx National Heritage starts its 2004 exhibition
programme with the thought provoking photographic exhibition 'Two Sisters' at
the Manx Museum. German-Canadian artist, Julia
Winckler explores the very different wartime memories and experiences of two
sisters, the artist's grandmother Viktoria and her great aunt, Martha. Whilst
Viktoria lived and worked in Berlin, Martha was interned as an enemy alien on
the Isle of Man during the Second World War.
The 'Two Sisters' photographic exhibition provides a visual record of the
physical and emotional journey of rediscovery that Julia Winckler has undertaken
in Berlin, London and the Isle of Man to piece together Viktoria and Martha's
stories and lives from surviving photographs and object and talks with her
grandmother.
Yvonne Cresswell, Curator of Social History at Manx National Heritage said:
"The Two Sisters exhibition is a fascinating example of something that we all
do - we look at old family photographs, at a few family treasures and heirlooms
that survive, things that have little financial value but are priceless in terms
of family memories. We remember the stories about our families that we were told
when we were young - and then we try to imagine what life was really like for
the people in those photographs - lives that were as rich and varied as our own.
Julia Winckler has taken that fascination with our personal history and the
lives of our families and has succeeded in recreating and rediscovering the
lives of two sisters from her own family and bringing them out of the faint
shadows of the past into the 21st century."
On Friday 16th January there will be a public lecture by Julia Winckler at the
Manx Museum at 7.30pm, explaining the work and inspiration behind the exhibition
and discussing the personal journey that she made to create it. For visitors who
would like discover more about the stories and history behind the Two Sisters
exhibition, there will also be a seminar entitled Living with the Wire - A
Female Perspective on Saturday 17th January beginning at 10am. This will include
be a gallery tour of the exhibition by the artist, Julia Winckler, together with
talks on the subject of Female Civilian Internment in Britain and on the Isle of
Man during the Second World War by Dr Charmian Brinson and Yvonne Cresswell. More stories >>>
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