ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Guantánamo Public Memory Project reveals the history of a place both infamous and unknown to most Americans: the United States naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and explores GTMO’s history, from the US occupation of Guantánamo Bay in 1898 to today’s debates about its future.
The project is a large collaboration among 12 partner universities and over 100 students and has been in development since 2010. NYU’s Kimmel Windows is the first venue of 10 nationally, which will present the exhibition and national dialogue over the next two years.
Using a mobile polling system, visitors may interact with the exhibit, and each other, by answering a series of Yes/No questions posed by each of the exhibit panels. A continually updated compilation of all answers is shown on a video monitor in the exhibition as well as on the website, where answers can also be submitted http://gitmomemory.org/participate/question/.
Each panel has a QR code that linked to the mobile version of the panel, which includes audio, video, and additional infromation about the panel.
Credit:
I worked on the Graphic and User Experience Design for the exhibition while working at Picture Projects under the supervision of Creative Director Alison Cornyn. Students from 12 universities in the US provided the content for each panel. The website was designed in partnership with Tronvig Group: http://gitmomemory.org/
Responsibilities:
Graphic Design, UX Design, Production.
University Partners, Venues, and Exhibition Dates:
February 18 – March 29, 2013: Rutgers University New Brunswick, Douglass Library
April 8 – May 12, 2013: Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Cultural Arts Gallery
May 20 – Summer 2013: University of California at Riverside, California Museum of Photography
September 11 – October 9, 2013: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Herter Gallery
October 16 – November 29, 2013: Arizona State University, Tempe
December 6, 2013 – January 2014: University of North Carolina, Greensboro, International Civil Rights Center and Museum
February – March 2014: University of Minnesota, Minnesota History Center
April – May 2014: University of West Florida, Historic Pensacola Village
Fall 2014: Brown University, University of Rhode Island Providence Campus Gallery
April 8 – May 12, 2013: Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Cultural Arts Gallery
May 20 – Summer 2013: University of California at Riverside, California Museum of Photography
September 11 – October 9, 2013: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Herter Gallery
October 16 – November 29, 2013: Arizona State University, Tempe
December 6, 2013 – January 2014: University of North Carolina, Greensboro, International Civil Rights Center and Museum
February – March 2014: University of Minnesota, Minnesota History Center
April – May 2014: University of West Florida, Historic Pensacola Village
Fall 2014: Brown University, University of Rhode Island Providence Campus Gallery
User answering a panel question by SMS.
Monitor showing live text messages sent by users in response to the questions raised by each panel.
Mobile Version of one of the panels.
Mobile Version of one of the panels. You can access the previous and next panels.
