Carolina Cruz-Neira : Ashes to Ashes, 2003
Scenes from a 9/11 Memorial.
"The piece was almost like a theatrical play with four acts. Act One was a beautiful day, because everybody told us what a beautiful day it was. Act Two we called “What They Heard” because everybody who told us their story started with noises—they heard explosions. Very few people saw anything. Most of them heard it. The Third Act, we called “Ashes” because after they heard the noises they only saw ashes and ashes and more ashes. The last act was about the residents, where a lot of them gave us their own views on how their life is now different. The whole experience from the beginning to the end is about fourteen or fifteen minutes because in every act, as a viewer, you have the choice of how many stories you hear. You navigate through the space and have four stops. In every stop you can hear the backdrop and, for example, hear the story of somebody who was in the towers, or you can hear the story of someone who was in the subway, or the story of someone who was in the park, or somebody who was across the river.You can branch out and hear all the stories in original voices with sound effects and experience unique visuals."
Courtesy of Carolina Cruz-Neira. Featured in 'New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts'.
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