Tour The Art
Tour The Art
- Title:
- Indelible
- Artist:
- Sky, Alison
- Date:
- 2003
- Materials:
- laminated glass, stainless steel, stucco, concrete
- Location:
- Independence Visitor Center, 6th & Market Street
- District:
- 1
- Description:
- Developed as a memory wall, Indelible restores the passage condemning slavery that was part of the original draft of the Declaration of Independence, but deleted by Congress in 1776. Impressions of facades and windows reference the residential neighborhood that once existed on the site. The artwork is visually kinetic. As the viewer walks by, the text blurs, becoming illegible and then revealed as the viewer moves. The work is intended to expand awareness and consideration of how different history might have been had the passage condemning slavery and the slave trade not been erased from the Declaration of Independence.
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