Sample+Visual+Response

Sample Visual Response
Sarah J. response piece a small, dark red, ceramic broken heart, nestled within another heart, being held in two pairs of hands. The smaller heart is cracked and broken in several pieces, but has names and dates written on it in handwriting. The larger heart is made or layers of bandages and plaster, some of which have been peeled back to reveal the smaller heart. These bandages have typewritten and handwritten names of people and businesses.

Sarah’s’ group represents Ghana in the World Bazzar and she was really moved by the AIDS crisis in Africa. In her written statement Sarah explains that the smaller heart is representative of all the children in Africa dying every day from AIDS or AIDS related issues. The numbers are their birth and death dates. It is ceramic because it is a solid permanent issue. The larger heart of bandages stands for the organizations, businesses that supply drugs, relief and aid to the African people. The bandages are dirty and tattered in places representing both the difficult, dirty and unpleasant task that faces the relief workers. The white of the bandages also symbolizes the purity and nobility of this huge task. The hands show different sizes and skin tones representing the variety of people involved in helping these people.