![]() ![]() We aim not to restrict, but rather make space for authentic reflection. These could be stories from individual’s lives, reflections on the times, hopes, remembrances, fears, messages of loss or even visions of the future of our city. The project invites the public to write and contribute messages to their neighbors of today, as well as Chicagoans 100 years hence. In collaboration with the Pandemic Collections team at the Field Museum, the messages will be archived for the future as well as shared with today’s public at the museum. Members of the public of all ages are invited to leave a message from this moment of crisis, for a Chicago 100 years hence-and rolling the paper, place it in a crack of the mortarless wall. In our divided country, a wall can seem to keep us apart-but also provides a metaphor for how we the people can constitute form, building our city stone by stone. ![]() Surrounding the memorial wall, a natural area of native perennial plants and organic stone seating provides space for contemplation and appreciation of the natural world. Taking inspiration from Robert Frost’s classic poem, Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea novels and the artist’s childhood visit to the Wailing Wall, a 25ft fragment of dry-stacked stone wall, built of reclaimed Chicago cobble-stone, stands as a memorial, a crossed barrier, a boundary. We pause to honor our pain for the world amidst a global pandemic, the gun violence epidemic, the worsening climate crisis, and the interrelated struggle for racial justice. Mending Wall is located near the Field Museum's northeast corner on Chicago's museum campusĭrawing on the American vernacular form of the stone wall, Mending Wall, a sculptural and community co-created project by environmental artist Jenny Kendler, offers space in which to honor our collective grief-and share our individual hopes and fears in this moment of intersecting crises. A collaborative project between the public, Jenny Kendler and the Field Museum's Pandemic Collections Team, with support from the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)
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