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I just added my name to a letter asking that a piece of art commemorating the lives lost on Pan Am 103, whose 1988 bombing killed 270 people including 35 Syracuse University students, be given a home on the Syracuse University campus. I looked at images of the piece and read through the artist's statement and I think its message is meaningful and important.
Here's a website with information about the sculpture, Dark Elegy.
http://www.darkelegy103.com
An excerpt from the artist's statement:
"The terrorist attack on Pan Am 103 killed 270 innocent people and was, at the time, the largest and surely the most heinous such attack on American civilians. Little did we know that this would only be the beginning leading up to the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington killing almost 3,000 civilians.
Although the concept of my sculpture, DARK ELEGY, was spawned out of this, my personal, tragedy, it has always been dedicated to all victims of terrorism.
This sculpture needs no language, it is understood by all. It is not political in any partisan sense. It knows no borders. Today, people all over the world are affected by terrorism.
DARK ELEGY is a universal appeal for peace and dignity for all victims of senseless hate and vengeance called terrorism and will be a beacon for all peace loving people.
DARK ELEGY stands as a reminder of that hatred."
Here's a website with information about the sculpture, Dark Elegy.
http://www.darkelegy103.com
An excerpt from the artist's statement:
"The terrorist attack on Pan Am 103 killed 270 innocent people and was, at the time, the largest and surely the most heinous such attack on American civilians. Little did we know that this would only be the beginning leading up to the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington killing almost 3,000 civilians.
Although the concept of my sculpture, DARK ELEGY, was spawned out of this, my personal, tragedy, it has always been dedicated to all victims of terrorism.
This sculpture needs no language, it is understood by all. It is not political in any partisan sense. It knows no borders. Today, people all over the world are affected by terrorism.
DARK ELEGY is a universal appeal for peace and dignity for all victims of senseless hate and vengeance called terrorism and will be a beacon for all peace loving people.
DARK ELEGY stands as a reminder of that hatred."
