Author: Michelle Young
Publication: Untapped Cities
Published: November 1, 2018
Article PDF: 58 NYC Outdoor (and Indoor) Art Installations Not To Miss in November 2018
Article link: https://untappedcities.com/2018/11/01/57-nyc-outdoor-and-indoor-art-installations-not-to-miss-in-november-2018/33/

33. Judith Modrak ‘Our Memories’ in Thomas Paine Park

Photo by Daniel Avila courtesy of NYC Parks

Judith Modrak’s Our Memories, recently unveiled in Manhattan’s Thomas Paine Park, is “an evolving audience participatory installation” that aims to “physiologically generate a new collective memory.” The shape of the sculptures is inspired by neurons and contain cavities in which participants place a color-coded stone. These memory stones each represent one of six emotions: joy, anger, love, sadness, fear, and surprise. The aim of the piece is to create a symbolic memorial composed of thousands of individual memories.

Thomas Paine Park is located in the former Five Points and Collect Pond area that is now home to the New York Supreme County Courthouse and the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse. The art installation will be up until April 2019.