SOLIDARITREE: ENOUGH
Community members gathered at Emery Park in Lexington, Massachusetts following the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This collaborative work was made to include the names of participants who inscribed their names on leaves. The weeping willing, traditional symbol of mourning, includes bark that is collaged with names of locations of mass shootings that occurred prior to Parkland.
Emery Park in Lexington, Massachusetts February 17, 2018.
A participant inscribes her name on a leaf.
In Mourning
Participants inscribed their names on individual leaves. Leaves were added to the weeping willow branches after the event. The completed tree was first displayed at a Gun Violence Prevention Forum at Temple Emunah in April 2018.
Congresswoman Katharine Clark signs a leaf.
IN Solidarity
Congresswoman Clark signed a leaf, and later spoke at the event. Clark’s name was one of over 100 names incorporated in the completed work.
Signed leaves were brought back to the studio.
COMPILATION
After the Emery Park gathering, signed leaves were organized and individually added to the weeping willow branches. Subsequently an empty swing was added to carry the names of each Parkland victim. The tree’s bark was collaged to incorporate names of locations of prior mass shootings.
The completed work was double-framed to preserve the dimension and shadows created by the leaves.
SOLIDARITREE: ENOUGH
The completed work measures …
Solidaritree: ENOUGH as seen in November 2018 at DCU, Lexington MA.
ArtWalk 2018
Solidaritree: ENOUGH was included in Artwalk 2018.