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Humanities Courses as Medical School Prerequisites
By Elijah Hale
Elijah Hale Presentation.mp4
Coping Strategies: YOGA
By Shannon Yawman
Shannon DSPSA recording.movMore Than a Year Art Installation
By Eleni Duret
More Than a Year (2020)
60” x 66”
Wood, Acrylic, Cardboard, Tulle, Bristle Board
Mixed Media Installation: Wood, Acrylic, Cardboard, Tulle, Bristle Board
2020 is more than a year, it is the manifestation of systemic injustices and the fragility of our humanity. Injustice and loss are all too familiar in 2020. Even more so for Black and Brown communities across the United States. What happens when the protests end? What happens once we consider this pandemic to be “over”? Local organizations such as the Roc Mutual Aid Fund, Food Not Bombs, The Avenue BlackBox Theater, Rochester Street Medic Collective, City-Wide Tenant Union of Rochester, and Black Lives Matter National persist to heal and build a more just world beyond 2020.
Here, I aim to honor and archive the individual and collective efforts of those on the frontlines. Those exhausted and frustrated in hospitals across the world who were once greeted with bangs of cheers and gifts of praise. Each hand-drawn flower represents 500 individuals who have lost their lives due to the Covid19 virus, currently 400,000 individuals. Tragically the number continues to rise. As of January 2021, there are 800 flowers in total. As the cases of COVID19 deaths will inevitably continue to rise, the number of flowers will increase to honor those individuals.
And those on the frontlines against fascism, often using such protest signs as shields from police batons and tear gas canisters. Each sign accompanied an individual in a Black Lives Matter Protest across the United States, with signs from Portland, OR., Seattle, WA., Vancouver, WA., Los Angeles, CA., Long Beach, CA., and Rochester, NY.
Through this collaborative installation, I seek to capture and preserve the omnipresence of anguish and resiliency that defines 2020.