Jonathan Torgovnik: April 29

Jonathan Torgovnik
Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape
Panel Discussion: April 29, 6:30 pm
Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, 4th floor

Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape brings together Jonathan Torgovnik’s powerful documentation of the accounts of women who were subjected to massive sexual violence by members of Hutu militia groups during the 1994 genocide. An estimated twenty thousand children were born as a result of rapes that occurred during the Rwandan genocide and fifteen years later, the mothers of these children still face enormous challenges. Aperture Foundation presents a panel discussion on this topic, coinciding with the exhibition now on view at Aperture Gallery, and the release of the accompanying book. This event will feature a reading of the testimonies by Rwandan women, as well as multimedia interviews produced by MediaStorm with the women portrayed in the exhibition and a discussion with Melissa Robinson, director of Educational Programming of the non-profit organization Kids for Tomorrow, Carl Auerbach, Professor of Psychology at Yeshiva University and the photographer Jonathan Torgovnik, who is also co-founder of Foundation Rwanda.

http://www.aperture.org/gallery/