Never again. Throughout history, every country and every people has repeated this simple maxim. Yet genocide continues to happen with a surprising regularity. According to the organization Genocide Watch, the crime is currently occurring in over three dozen countries. While genocide spans human history, I am most interested in modern genocide. The term itself is of recent origin – coined by legal scholar and tireless crusader Raphael Lemkin in 1943.

The Genocide Project is a multi-part artistic exploration of modern violence begun in 2005. Several pieces have been completed including an installation (Neighbors), two photographic series (Loss and Weapons), a poster edition (Never Again) and a dual-channel video (Neighbors). Pieces under development include examinations of confession under duress, specific examinations of genocidal regimes including Cambodia and Darfur, and several new photographic exhibitions.