Inherited Trauma, Place, Embodied Memory and Artistic Practice: A Conversation

Based on a pre-recorded video conversation between artist Lorna Brunstein and 44AD gallery director Katie O'Brien, this written interview discusses Brunstein's experience of growing up as a second-generation survivor and the ways in which she has explored this identity in her creative art practices. The conversation offers insight into Brunstein's family history and discusses the role that inherited trauma, place and embodied memory play in her installations and interactive artwork. Keywords: art, Holocaust, inherited trauma, memory, second generation
Introduction This written interview is developed from a pre-recorded video conversation between artist Lorna Brunstein and 44AD gallery director Katie O'Brien. (1) Brunstein is the daughter of two Holocaust survivors [...]