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Philosophy behind Kids' Guernica - Guernica Youth - Hatto Fischer

1. Philosophy behind Kids’ Guernica

Sometimes philosophy means discovering surprises created by children, such as the sun with sunglasses painted as part of the mural from Chios, Greece.

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Contents:

• Human openess, trust and friendship
• Messages of the peace murals
• The work of redemption
• What follows Picasso's Guernica
• East-West: two sources of meaning for Kids' Guernica
• After 911
• In search of social justice and good education
• Entry points into reality and possible demands
• True happiness - end of war
• Analysis of reality - free from enemy pictures
• Children's own stories

 

Note: originally this was meant to be given as keynote speech at the Kids' Guernica exhibition and Arts Symposium organised by Tom Anderson at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, USA on the 17th of January 2010 to mark 15 years of existence of Kids' Guernica

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