Apologies at the Monastery
Hundreds of hand-cast soap
Stories of apologies
Apologies at the Monastery, [date]. St. John's University, Collegeville, MN.
Afterword: This project began in 2002, at a particular moment when the rhetoric surrounding the events of September 11th often lacked empathy, and when many of the people Beffel spoke with concerning the Apologies Project were eager to share their stories or texts, in part or whole, with attribution or as fragments offered for use in fictions. The intent of the apology stories Beffel posted was to call attention to, and critique, and teach about the social contract of apology and its usefulness in revealing power relations, including systemic inequities.
Author Judy Holmes quoted Beffel in her interview of Beffel about Apologies at the World Financial Center, the first installation of this project,"“The project has been a huge amount of work,” Beffel says. “Sometimes, it’s painful work. But it’s work that is important to me, that connects me to others and raises important questions about human connections, how power is brokered and how we relate to others. After Sept. 11, our connectedness and relationship to human beings around the world became more vivid and brought these questions into sharper focus.”
Project Funded By:
Saint John's University and College of Saint Benedict
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts
Stories of apologies
Apologies at the Monastery, [date]. St. John's University, Collegeville, MN.
Afterword: This project began in 2002, at a particular moment when the rhetoric surrounding the events of September 11th often lacked empathy, and when many of the people Beffel spoke with concerning the Apologies Project were eager to share their stories or texts, in part or whole, with attribution or as fragments offered for use in fictions. The intent of the apology stories Beffel posted was to call attention to, and critique, and teach about the social contract of apology and its usefulness in revealing power relations, including systemic inequities.
Author Judy Holmes quoted Beffel in her interview of Beffel about Apologies at the World Financial Center, the first installation of this project,"“The project has been a huge amount of work,” Beffel says. “Sometimes, it’s painful work. But it’s work that is important to me, that connects me to others and raises important questions about human connections, how power is brokered and how we relate to others. After Sept. 11, our connectedness and relationship to human beings around the world became more vivid and brought these questions into sharper focus.”
Project Funded By:
Saint John's University and College of Saint Benedict
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts