Christian Aid Exhibition Captures Boxing Day Tsunami

A new multimedia exhibition has been launched by Christian Aid capturing the moments and memories of last Boxing Day’s tragic tsunami and its aftermath.

|PIC1|The exhibition, “every time I see the sea...”, is a collection of photographs, video, sculpture and words by three British artists and open to the public free of charge.

The emotionally powerful projected images and words tell the story of how people are now rebuilding their lives so that such a disaster will never again claim so many lives.

Photographer Tim Hetherington and sculptress Emma Summers both thanked Christian Aid for the opportunity to visit and work in the affected regions with Christian Aid’s partners who continue to work hard to support survivors in the rebuilding of their lives. Ms. Summers commented on the resilience and spirit of the local people and how they had inspired her work.

Caroline Gammell, reporter with Associated Press, described the exhibition as ‘striking’, adding that “the high visual quality really made the stories stand out. I was particularly impressed with the ceramic sculptures”.

|TOP|Comments left in the exhibition’s interactive comment book include ‘brilliant’, ‘amazing’, and ‘a remarkable and haunting memoir’.

One visitor said: “The most telling images are the children’s paintings, beautiful and powerful.”

Another commented: “It’s good to know that people still care about the tsunami after the story has left the headline.”

The exhibition has been open to the public since last Friday 9 December, at the Dray Walk Gallery at the Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London EC1.

For more info go to www.christianaid.org.uk/tsunami