"All are welcome to bring photos, flowers or keepsakes to the community altar, creating "a collective gesture of remembrance and care." The installation, which features handwoven hammocks, colorful papel picado and cascades of paper marigolds, will be on view in Green-Wood's historic chapel from October 11 through November 16."
"After placing your remembrances and honoring those from other New Yorkers, take a moment to meditate in a handwoven hammock. Each one was made in collaboration with Mexican artisans using pre-Columbian technique. Gaze above at strands of papel picado (cut paper), paper marigold flowers and whimsical images of skeletons. In keeping with the intention of the holiday, death is honored not as an end, but as a connection to our past."
""This ofrenda is a living work of art, shaped by the participation of every visitor. Each ribbon tied and every skull colored becomes part of a collective gesture of remembrance and care," artist Laura Anderson Barbata said in a statement."
Green-Wood Cemetery is hosting Reposo y Recuerdo (Rest and Remember), a Día de Muertos ofrenda by Laura Anderson Barbata on view in the historic chapel from October 11 through November 16. The installation features handwoven hammocks, colorful papel picado, cascades of paper marigolds, and whimsical skeleton imagery. Visitors are invited to bring photos, flowers, or keepsakes to a community altar, write personal memories on a red ribbon, or decorate a blank calavera. Each hammock was made in collaboration with Mexican artisans using pre-Columbian technique, and the ofrenda frames death as a connection to the past and communal remembrance.
Read at Time Out New York
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