Project 9/11
In October and November 2001, several Atlanta artists organized a
performance and installation of memorial ribbons bearing the names of the
victims of the September 11th tragedies. Over a month-long period, artists
and friends gathered to create ripped strips of red, white and blue cotton
cloth, and to write the name of one of the dead or missing on each. The act
of ripping recalled the biblical expression of grief in the rending of
garments. Citizens of the community of all ages performed the two-day solemn
ritual of taking one ribbon, announcing the victim¹s name at a microphone
and then tying it onto the steel exo-structure in the Barbara L. Hanes
Courtyard of the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. MB Andrews, Susan Cipcic,
Cecelia Kane, La Quita Thomson, Julie Stuart and Susie Winton coordinated
this community memorial performance and installation.
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