Art Can Become Very Personal and Healing


	Art Can Become Very Personal and Healing

nedhamson1

10-3-2009 5:36 PM

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hope mural, oklahoma city 1995

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A wall facing the fallen federal building in Oklahoma City - America's first public experience with massive terrorism - became the focus of a temporary tape art mural dedicated to the victims and those helping to find victims and survivors. That project began just four days after the bombing and they were still searching for survivors.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a319541f-9df9-4737-8b35-187daf403f07/1EB6DEB8-1AFE-41E4-B553-ED1400325BF7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.tapeart.com/blue/nine5/230-oklahoma.htm" href="http://www.tapeart.com/blue/nine5/230-oklahoma.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.tapeart.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tapeart.com/blue/nine5/230-oklahoma.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tapeart.com/img/AEA888DD-039A-45E9-ADEC-0E69D8BC6155" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tapeart.com/blue/nine5/230-oklahoma.htm"><FONT color="#000099">The 
        following text was written in 1995 to describe our experiences at Oklahoma 
        City, amidst the aftermath of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building 
        on 19th April. We were half-way through our tour of 40 states when we 
        arrived in Oklahoma. Little did we know that our experiences there were 
        about to redefine Tape Art as a healing tool and demonstrate that public 
        artists can play a pivotal role in times of crisis.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tapeart.com/blue/nine5/230-oklahoma.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tapeart.com/img/5E2A8714-B321-4D7D-8BE0-F46603E1EBBD" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tapeart.com/blue/nine5/230-oklahoma.htm">We also described our 
        idea for a Hope mural which we proposed to make for the rescue workers.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tapeart.com/blue/nine5/230-oklahoma.htm">The mural attracted people. It seemed to provide a kind of catalyst 
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              workers, the angelic mural on the wall at the Myriad Convention 
              Center provided comfort in the days following the bombing of the 
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