Virtual: 9/11: Memorials and Related Artworks with Sylvia Laudien-Meo

Program Type:

Art Lecture

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Description

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were a most traumatic experience to the US and the world. Creative responses were a central part of the mourning and healing process and they came in many varied forms. Street Murals were part of these immediate responses and survive in photographs, some taken by the leading photojournalist Martha Cooper. The first memorials were spontaneous, makeshift, created by the communities, often based on found symbolism. Permanent memorials like Michael Arad’s ‘Reflecting Absence’ took a long time to thoughtfully plan and realize ; many of them are places along the NYC waterfronts with views of the WTC site and incorporate remnants of the Twin Towers. Fine artists’ responses tend to be more personal and fragile, focusing on the more ephemeral. Each one of these works helps us cope with a catastrophe that is so difficult to express in words.

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