Eyewitness to Genocide

Potion created Eyewitness to Genocide to mimic the urgency of an emergency response center, arming visitors to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with resources to take action against genocide.

As visitors enter the centerpiece of the museum’s exhibit, they are pulled into action by twenty-five overhead screens sharing eyewitness testimonies. Visitors may then approach the grand-scale wood table that serves as a resource and storytelling platform.

The overhead screens provide an ongoing human soundtrack with each screen corresponding to a person who has experienced genocide. The stories, drawn from the museum’s collection, are not only from survivors, but also perpetrators, activists, and others involved, creating an intricate narrative for visitors.