As a web-based art project, 'Voices of Ravensbrück' has a simple yet striking interface. Using the interior architecture of the camp as a navigational system, you first enter into a rigidly authoritarian space, a singular perspective of a grey hall lined with doors. When engaged, each portal draws up a subject heading such as 'roll call', 'everyday life,' 'suffering,' 'resistance' and 'hope.' Binder illuminates these thematic threads with intimate reflections made by the women through their poetry and drawings. Propaganda images are juxtaposed in stark contrast to the reality depicted and described by the women. Through the use of subtle graphic changes the poems gently unfold, revealing a disturbingly moving portrait of life in the camp. Reduced to numbers, confined to barracks and subject to a regime of labour and fear, it is astounding that the women were able to capture so lucidly their experiences. Moreover, it is a testimony to the immense nobility and strength of their spirit. Given the gravity of the subject matter, Binder is both sensitive and respectful in handling their stories. The visual treatment of the material has an ephemeral quality as the navigation leads you through a variety of imagery and texts. Next to this, basic historical information is provided along with a commentary by Constanze Jaiser to contextualize the poems. There is even a space of remembrance where you can cast a virtual rose into Lake Schwedt in honour of those who perished. As a whole, the project stands as an impressive virtual memorial for the women of Ravensbr¸ck; it is a space where their voices will resonate across time to speak to future generations.

-Renée Turner