PUBLICATIONS

FIG. 1 Celebrating Diversities. (2015)

This medal walks the boundary between war, peace and reconciliation. It seeks to question what a perfect world will be- is it one where differences amongst individuals, communities and countries are acknowledged and accepted, or one where these differences do not exist at all? Using line imagery to explore the contrast and correspondence of this theme, the lines on the obverse of the medal represents our differences which sometimes run parallel and sometimes meet. Whiles the reverse of the medal is a mirror. The text on the rim by Carlos Fuentes relates the two sides of the medal by asking the viewer to “recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me” as they behold their images in the mirror. Like the lines on the obverse of the medal, although co-existence is at times difficult because of our differences, it is in the acknowledging and celebrating of our diversities that we could create a better world. The medal “Celebrating Diversities” is inspired by the Herbert touring exhibition “Caught in the Crossfire” which was at Guildford House Gallery which celebrates artistic responses to conflict, peace and reconciliation.