En Pie de Foto: Terrorism, a Crime Against Humanity

The Foundation for Victims of Terrorism and the OAS's Art Museum of the Americas present the exhibition En Pie de Foto: Terrorism, a Crime Against Humanity, in collaboration with the Miguel Angel Blanco Foundation and with the support of the Permanent Observer Mission of Spain to the OAS and the museum. The exhibition features a series of photographs illustrating the protesting voices of renowned Spanish and Latin American writers who denounced terrorism as a large-scale violation of human rights, while honoring its victims. En Pie de Foto supports the mission of the OAS Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), which facilitates international cooperative efforts against terrorism, as well as the Art Museum of the Americas' mission of providing a forum for artistic extensions of OAS's values of peace and human rights. En Pie de Foto features work by photographers from all over the world alongside texts by prominent Spanish and Latin American writers to convey the horrors of terrorism. More than depicting human suffering and isolation, these works and writings emphasize the rejection of terrorism through individual life stories, offering a gesture of solidarity through which working toward a better world becomes possible. The photographic works take us beyond the voices of victims, as they are accompanied by the video piece The Voices of Antigone playing on a continuous loop. Along with promoting key OAS ideals, this exhibition is framed within an OAS Policy Roundtable titled "Rights of Victims of Terrorism" that will be held on Monday, November 10, 2014 at 4:00pm in the Hall of the Americas at the OAS headquarters. The Roundtable's objective is to promote a broad dialogue about the situation of terrorism in the world and the establishment of effective public policies to protect the rights of its victims. Through programs like this, the Art Museum of the Americas seeks to promote core OAS values by providing a space for cultural and artistic expression, highlighting themes such as democracy, development, human rights, justice, freedom of expression, and creative innovation. In an effort to provide greater coverage to inter-American actions, the museum draws on the arts to showcase a constructive vision of the future of the Americas linking the arts with topical social and political issues. En Pie de Foto includes works by Juan Aranzadi, Luis Miguel Armona, Bernardo Atxaga, Julio Caro, Juan Madrid, Cameron Watson, and John among others. The show will remain open through November 10, 2014.