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"I have always been fascinated with repetition, multiple
images, and the power in numbers. In the aftermath of 9/11, I was struck by the
way that tragedy was measured by a running death toll—'2,731 confirmed dead'—and
how that number would
change daily and was reported on continuously. As the number
grew, it spoke to the magnitude of the event, but conversely, and strangely, it
also served to numb me, to abstract the whole thing. Nightly news reports with
soldiers's death-counts in
Iraq and the
Station nightclub fire in Rhode
Island play out in similar ways in my thoughts. The
growing number of deceased translates the seriousness of the situation yet
cannot possibly convey the ultimate implications
So I tried to speak to
this phenomenon in the piece by using crosses as recognizable symbols in Western
culture as countable manifestations of death. When laid out as mathematical,
measured, organized rows, they point to the power that sheer numbers can portray
while concurrently illustrating the difficulty in comprehending such
notions.
This edition was built fairly close to the waterline so as to
interface with the ebb and flow of the tide, thereby accentuating the effect
that the elements would have on it and elevating the drama provided by its
outdoor context. Natural elements swirl in stark contrast to war, man-made
disasters, and terrorism...the shortcomings of human behavior." For additional artists who are interpreting world events,
click on
their names below.
Linda
Leslie Brown
Adam
Davies
Tom
Heid
Barbara
Kerstetter
Joan
Linder
Crislin
Meshberg
Phil
Morse
Chandra
Dieppa Ortiz
Dennis
O'Sullivan
Silas
Shabelewska
Leslie
Sills
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