"Eyes Wide Open" is touring the U.S., so if this interests you, check out the schedule at their website to see if it'll be showing anywhere near you: http://www.afsc.org/eyes/The American Friends Service Committee wrote:Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee's widely acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq war and commemorates all the lives lost.
The exhibit includes a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty; a field of shoes and a wall of remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict; and a multimedia display exploring the history, cost and consequences of the war.
The Beach at Johns Hopkins University, where the 'Eyes Wide Open' exhibit was held. That whole wide expanse (and then some) is the collection of boots representing American soldiers who have died in the war.
As I approached, I saw the expanse of boots and shoes, with this banner as the next thing I noticed.
Pairs of shoes symbolizing Iraqi casualties.
Close-up of part of the Iraqi section of the exhibit.
Pairs of boots symbolizing American soldier casualties.
Close-up of part of the American soldier section of the exhibit.
Table for the boots, photographs and awards of the Maryland soldiers who have been killed in Iraq.
As I was wandering through the exhibit, names of the dead were being read, with the gong being sounded after each one.