Public Art: “Taking Pause” Explores What is Irreplaceable to Us
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“What is irreplaceable to you?” Capturing diverse answers from the local community, a public art installation now graces Dohm Alley, near the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon Streets. The Princeton University Humanities Council and the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) are co-hosting the exhibit that runs through October. It features portraits and stories arranged by ACP Artist-in-Residence Robin Resch, a Princeton-based photographer who earned her Master’s in Architecture from Princeton University in 2003.
Photographic triptychs each display a participant, what he or she shared as irreplaceable, and his or her story behind this choice. Resch described the documentary series as a collaboration meant to invite reflection and healing amid challenges like COVID-19, racial injustice, and social reckoning.
The installation constitutes the Princeton edition of Taking Pause, a national project that Resch began in 2018. She interviewed people on a cross-country road trip until 2019. As the coronavirus shut down the United States from 2020 through 2021, she depicted the denizens of her own town.
Taking Pause delves into enduring questions about the human condition, like what we most cherish and why. It examines the extent to which we may adapt our beliefs amid difficult circumstances.
Humanities Council Chair Eric Gregory (Religion) praised the exhibit for presenting concrete dimensions of experiences largely unseen and unheard. “By encountering a selection of the faces, voices, and prized treasures of our town… visitors will join a dialogue about what matters most,” he noted.
Dates: April 15 - October 15, 2021
Location: Dohm Alley
Address: 102 Nassau Street (corner of Witherspoon Street), PRINCETON, NJ 08540-3828
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