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Blackboard entry by Petra Valdimarsdóttir

A Creative Pool project by Petra Valdimarsdóttir (Germany)

Come & Go is a project which consists out a book and an envelope wall. Each envelope contains a person that has been executed on death row in one specific jail in the U.S. The word stated on the front of the envelope is the very last word the prisoner said before being executed. Inside the envelope you'll find all kinds of personal information like name, age, weight, mug shot, place and what murder they committed. On the back of the envelope you're able to read their full last sentences. The wall is made chronologically stating from the prison's very first execution in 1982 till this very day. It's an analogue info-graphic showing that a large quantity of data can still be very individually based and readable. The wall will keep on growing as the executions will keep on taking place.

The Come & Go installation piece was exhibited in New York City, November 2011. It took part of a group show "producing censorship" located at the Invisible Dog, NYC.

Short article on the "producing censorship" show on HYPER ALLERGIC.