August 8, 2020: This Will End. This Must End! This Will Never End., 8/8/2020

Piotr Szyhalski / Labor Camp

Digital file

Gift of funds from Mary and Bob Mersky 2021.1.138

Not on View

This artwork is part of the series COVID-19: Labor Camp Report.

Artist's statement on this artwork originally published on the @laborcamp Instagram account:

I read an article today, with the phrase “permanent pandemic” in it, and my mind went into a momentary spasm. Within a split second I shifted from resilient hopefulness, to urgent determination, and to defeated despair. Then I regained composure, and started again... and then I realized how much this one second spasm reflected the entire duration of pandemic to date.