Meet Liora Blum
Liora Blum is a graphic designer and artist living in Israel. Her father, Sanyi Glazer z"l, was a Holocaust survivor. Her grandfather, Jenö Glazer z"l, whom she never got to meet, was one of the millions who perished.
Six million was always an incomprehensible number in her life but she needed to see it. As an artist, she began to explore this massive number through painting. "I thought," says Blum, "if I painted six million brush strokes, what would they look like all packed together?" That is how The Six Million Project was born.
Watch the story behind the project.
This is how the project will look.
The aim of the project is for the completed painting to be exhibited in one large museum space, allowing us a direct, frontal view of all six million rectangles.
There will be 4 rows of 25 framed pieces
Size: 2.8 x 25m.
So far, 6 panels have been completed, with another 4 panels on the go.
There are still 94 panels to go!!!
Number of rectangles painted
Approximate estimation
We’re at 420,000 rectangles. Help us reach 6 million!
Painting by Hand
Painting a tiny rectangle takes only a few seconds, yet it will take years to paint six million. Each shape holds within it a silent narrative. It encapsulates the essence of a human being – experiences, aspirations, their whole existence.
How do we connect with that rectangle on a profoundly human level? Through painting by hand, this project aims to revive each life and weave together a fabric of the vibrant communities whose voices were silenced.
Digital Connection
This project aims to scan sections of the painting and connect each rectangle to a Holocaust victim – a face, a name, a story.
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By making this accessible online, we connect to the individual humanity within this vast number. The project could serve as a potent instrument of empathy in addressing the rising global tide of antisemitism and combatting Holocaust denial.
The grandfather whom I never met, Yenö Glazer, of Blessed Memory.
I'm honored to have painted some of those rectangles. Never has it hit home like this before.
Claudia
This project could unite us Jews of the world as we could show the world that we are more than just a number. We rise and come together through the emptiness and darkness, just like light.
Jolene
No one can ever really imagine that number but seeing those little squares tonight made it so much more believable about what that number actually is. Looking forward to the next one.
Haidee
"To forget the dead would be akin to forgetting them a second time."
Elie Wiesel