MEMORIALIZING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

I personally find the rush to memorialize COVID-19 more than a little strange. There are still so many unanswered questions and uncertainties regarding the source of the virus, the quarantines,mandates, restrictions and shutdowns, the actual and changing numbers of those affected and cause of deaths, the various vaccines and their reactions, etc., etc. These underlying questions and uncertainties make me wonder what narrative the commissioned artist will attempt to convey. The facts and truth regarding COVID-19 will eventually come out and one just hopes the commissioned memorial reflects that and not the narrative full of hopes, blank spaces and questions.