In 2009 I traveled back to Iraq not as a service member but as a representative of Iraq Veterans Against the War to attend the First International Labor Conference in Erbil, Iraq. Shortly after that trip I wrote this report on my return experience. I think that this trip is an example of reconciliation that I hope all Iraqis and Americans get to experience.
Aaron Hughes, Iraq Veteran Against the War
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Check out the Veterans Book Project, a library of books authored collaboratively by artist Monica Haller and dozens of people who have been affected by, and have archives of, the current American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In their printed format, the books provide a place or “container” that slows down and materializes the great quantity of ephemeral image files that live on veterans’ hard drives and in their heads.
Each book re-deploys volatile images with the aim of rearticulating and refashioning memories. It stands both independent of and in concert with the larger collection.
You can support the Veterans Book Project here.
On May 6th, Iraq War veteran and United Theological Seminary student Luke Leonard will hold a public discussion about the situation in the Middle East. The forum is in conjunction with the ongoing show Art of War: Artists in Dialogue, currently on display at UTS. See flyer below for more information.
