August 29, 2020: BREAKING NEWS, 8/29/2020

Piotr Szyhalski / Labor Camp

Digital file

Gift of funds from Mary and Bob Mersky 2021.1.159

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:

Perhaps it was the fact that hurricane Laura was reported as “catastrophic” and “unsurvivable” that made me think about the broader disaster context for COVID-19. What constitutes “breaking news” anyway' Shouldn’t the climate disaster be breaking news every day'