Garden of Human Rights
Garden of Human Rights (project name: INSCRIRE - write human rights ) is a global art project by the Belgian artist Françoise Schein .
idea
The aim of the project is to write the " Declaration of Human Rights " from 1948 in the public spaces of the cities of the world and to anchor human rights in the public consciousness. With her project, Françoise Schein combines an interest in cross-border networks with her conviction that the text of the human rights declaration is the most important basis for people's social and political coexistence.
implementation
Since 1989, INSCRIRE u. a. originated in Paris , Brussels , Lisbon , London , Haifa , Berlin , Bremen and Rio de Janeiro . All projects are presented in different designs and priorities, based on local (historical) references.
Lisbon
In Lisbon, the focus of the project is on the conquest of the new world and the fate of the countless slaves who lost their lives, especially on the ships, during this time. Hundreds of blue tiles painted with pictures of the voyages of conquest and designed by the artist Francoise Schein are a reminder of this era.
Berlin
Thanks to INSCRIRE, the Westhafen underground station in Berlin became a memorial for human rights violations. The Westhafen is not far from the Plötzensee execution site , where around 3,000 people were deprived of their freedom and executed for political and religious reasons and because of their origins. The Putlitzbrücke , from which Jewish citizens of Berlin were transported to the concentration camps, is located above the station .
The philosopher Barbara Reiter has contrasted the farewell sentences of the murdered with the text of human rights on the tiles of the subway station.
Bremen
In Bremen, the idea of the INSCRIRE project to bring human rights to the public was implemented in the Rhododendron Park. The texts of the 30 articles of the UN Human Rights Convention are cast in bronze, along the paths in the Rhododendron Park. At the four entrances in the north, south, east and west of the park, the texts begin with article 1, all other articles are spread over four routes and invite you to read and reflect.
The initiator of the Bremen project, Witha Winter von Gregory, in cooperation with the initiator in Berlin, Barbara Reiter, had the idea of creating a connection between the global biological environment and the rhododendron park with its plants from different continents, with their different species and varieties international social action, to make clear the responsibility towards both in this unique place. In order to preserve the ecological diversity of the park, horticultural rules are required. In order to be able to demand equal free participation in social life for all people regardless of their ethnic origin, belief and political views, human rights are needed, and above all it needs updating and constant endeavors to observe human rights.
In September 2003 the project of 3000 letters was inaugurated. Financed by various foundations, churches, Bremen advisory boards and private individuals, a sustainable project has been created for and by citizens. Every year, under the sponsorship of the Evangelical Educational Institute and through a broad commitment of Bremen citizens and cultural workers from other countries, attention is drawn to this “book” of the human rights convention in the park. Every year on the first Saturday in July, a cultural walk through the park takes place under the motto “Human rights make the park sound”.
Visitors are accompanied by sounds from South America , Africa or Asia , they hear literature and are informed about the current engagement of human rights groups through individual articles. Over the course of the year, a group of friends called “Garden of Human Rights” advertises care sponsorships for individual items. Schoolchildren, teachers and individuals look after the long bronze ribbons, clean “their” articles and answer questions from interested park visitors.