The
Koffler
Gallery,
in
partnership
with
Swiss
Architect
Manuel
Herz
and
Canadian
historian
and
curator
Robert
Jan
van
Pelt,
announce
the
world-premiere
exhibition
of The
Synagogue
at
Babyn
Yar:
Turning
the
Nightmare
of
Evil
into
a
shared
Dream
of
Good.
This
international
exhibition
is
brought
together
with
assistance
from
Canadian
architect
Douglas
Birkenshaw
and
through
architectural
photography
by
celebrated
Dutch
photographer
Iwan
Baan.
The
exhibition
features
large-scale
photographic
murals
directed
by
Ukrainian-Canadian
photographer
Edward
Burtynsky
taken
by
Ukrainian
photographer
Maxim
Dondyuk.
The
exhibition
at
the
Koffler
Gallery
opens
on
April
17th,
the
eve
of
Yom
HaShoah,
Holocaust
Memorial
Day,
and
will
run
to
the
end
of
Holocaust
Education
Week
on
November
12th,
2023.
It
will
link
three
moments
in
time
of
exceptional
global
resonance
–
the
original
1941
massacre,
the
creation
and
dedication
of
this
extraordinary,
jewel-like,
wooden
synagogue
and
the
current
Russian
war
against
Ukraine.
A
public
engagement
program
curated
by
Joshua
Heuman
will
accompany
the
gallery
installation
show
and
will
offer
a
series
of
focused
events
to
contextualize
and
help
audiences
unpack
the
intertwined
layers
of
urgent
concerns
and
references
that
underpin
the
exhibition.