Annika Felder
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How should we incorporate a legacy of brutality and ignorance into the broader narrative of European cultural heritage? Houses of Darkness is a collaborative project involving three European contemporary memorial sites at former Nazi camps: Bergen-Belsen Memorial, Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre, and the Falstad Centre. In collaboration with poets, photographers, and multimedia artists, it examines how stories about “perpetrator spaces” – the remains of the camp commanders’ homes and offices – can be represented. The project proposes new ways for young audiences to engage with perpetrator perspectives.
Services
Identity
Branding
Animation
Client
Paradox
Year
2023
Artists
Jakob Ganslmeier
Jongsma + O’Neill
Onias Landveld
Simon Stranger
This project was created during employment at LMNOP.works
IMAGES OF A CONTESTED EUROPEAN MEMORY
The visual identity developed for this initiative provides a cohesive visual language for the artists’ work and the three on site exhibitions. The logo system is derived from the floor plans of the three camp sites, abstracting the spatial separation between the commandants’ residences and the camp grounds. The palette of grey gradients constantly shifts between light and dark, while never being black and white.
The title Houses of Darkness refers both to the physical spaces associated with suffering and persecution and to the ideological structures that enabled and sustained these atrocities. In this way, the identity connects the material traces of the past with the darker currents of thought and power embedded within them.
