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The Names of Victims of War<br />

One thousand two hundred and eight shoes have been cast in fibre glass white<br />

resin. Each shoe has emnbedded within it the name of a casualty of a recent<br />

conflict. By including this as an aspect of the exhibition the audience is given<br />

the three aspects of awareness, rememberance and reflection. Each shoe has<br />

embedded in its heel the name , country , age, date and cause of death and<br />

number of a victim of war from the following conflicts: Rwanda, Lebanon, Israel,<br />

Iraq, Somalia and Sudan.<br />

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