The Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice is co-hosting the West Coast debut of artist Shimon Attie’s Night Watch, a floating media installation featuring 12 video portraits of refugees granted political asylum in the United States. The silently displayed images largely feature members of international LGBTQI+ communities, as well as unaccompanied minors, who fled tremendous violence and discrimination in their homelands of Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Peru, and Russia. During this presentation, Attie will discuss the exhibit as well as his creative process. In addition, an off-campus field trip to see the Night Watch project will be held the previous Saturday, Sept. 18. These two programs are part of our “Open Doors” Sukkot celebration. Co-sponsored by the USF Museum Studies Program.
