A New World Image, UNESCO's Human Rights Exhibition
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Historic western utopia now.

Human Rights are the lens through which we understand injustice and imagine a better world. But why was the concept of human rights created only in the western world? How did they create our moral consciousness? ‘A New World Image’ interrogates these questions in a re-display of the world’s first Human Rights Exhibition, organised by UNESCO in 1949. The visual language of the current re-display refers to the historic utopian visual languages of the west, but with the non-western nations as part of the visual system. The exhibition design refers to the travelling 1949 setup, with the archive displayed on the floor.

Made in collaboration with Tim Gambell, curators Katrine Bregengaard and Eva Prag from Columbia University. In collaboration with architect Simon David.

'A New World Image' world stickers

'A New World Image' mark

'A New World Image' mark

World flag

'A New World Image' exhibition overview

'A New World Image' exhibition overview

'A New World Image' exhibition floor detail

'A New World Image' detail

'A New World Image' exhibition

'A New World Image' poster

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