Members of the public are invited to add nameplates of their own as the exhibit continues. The nameplates, attached with safety pins to mesh wire spanning a total of 300 feet on either side of the entrance to the cemetery, make for a breathtaking panorama, Turner says. The artworks are on display through June 28, each celebrating the life of a loved one, friend or colleague who made a difference in someone’s life and who died from the virus. Representatives of disparate communities – the Guyana Cultural Association of New York Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders Teachers & Writers Collaborative Fort Tryon Jewish Center Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts and more than a dozen others – added decorated nameplates.
Turner worked on the installation with Naming the Lost Memorials, the New York City collective she cofounded in May 2020 to honor and remember the staggering number of people who died from COVID-19.Ĭommunity partners also contributed. “It was important to do something big and bold enough so people would understand that even now, as things are opening up, the pandemic is still going on, that the suffering from those deaths will go on for years to come,” says Turner, a folklorist, performer and academic whose work over the years has focused largely on the meaning of altars, shrines and memorials.Īnd so was born WE REMEMBER: A Community COVID Memorial, a large-scale project featuring works of art in the form of nameplates – thousands of them – affixed to the wrought-iron gates of Brooklyn’s venerable Green-Wood Cemetery, stretching as far as the eye can see.
Rutgers alumna Kay Turner knew she needed to make a dramatic statement as COVID-19 swept through the city she loves – and continues to make its legacy felt. Kay Turner joined with others to develop a community memorial at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery
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