Spirit
is Life
It flows thru
the death of me
endlessly
like a river
unafraid
of becoming
the sea— Gregory Corso, epitaph. January 17, 2001.
"I think that the monuments that are the most interesting are the monuments that either disappear, question themselves, that complicate some of the stories that we tell ourselves."
In the exhibition, A Crack in the Hourglass, An Ongoing COVID-19 Memorial, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer creates the anti-memorial, an ephemeral space to share the memories of those we've loved and grieve our collective loss.
A single body of sand produces each of the hundreds of portraits over the course of the installation. After a portrait is complete, the image tilts and the sand slides away to be recycled. In the face of an invisible virus, Lozano-Hemmer hopes to build “a sense of universal solidarity” and connect the individuals depicted in the installation. “The ephemeral helps us remember.”
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