This ambitious multi-disciplinary exhibition is concerned with issues of bearing witness, of losing and finding a voice to articulate individual experiences of physical, emotional and moral violation. It includes 'The Defender's Voice', a film and mixed media installation by Paula Jackson and Robert Teed documenting the testimony of 3 human rights defenders from Rwanda, Chechnya and Burma; photographs from Matt Writtle's acclaimed 'Portraits for Posterity' series; and new ceramic work by Professor Stephen Dixon, including the 'Restoration' heads of Aung San Suu Kyi and Lui Xiaobo. Allowed Voices is part of City of York’s Holocaust Memorial Day programme, tying in with the HMD Trust's 2012 theme of 'Speak Up, Speak Out'. 'The Defender's Voice' will also be exhibited in the 3Sixty space at the University of York’s Ron Cooke Hub 23 Jan-5 Feb 2012, along with 16 more Portraits for Posterity. Click here for directions between the two sites.

Thanks to the University of York's Centre for Applied Human Rights, Hotel du Vin York and A Treanor York Pallet supplies for generous support.

Monica Ross will deliver an artist's talk in the gallery on Saturday 21 Jan at 2pm - free entry.