New York City COVID-19 Pencil Tracker

  March 11, 2022 marks two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.  As of May 2022, more than six millions people have now died globally, one million alone in the US according to Johns Hopkins University.   _____________________   New York Covid-19 Pencil Tracker is a variable art edition of foil stamped lead pencils. This project seeks to acknowledge those who passed away from Covid-19 in New York City and engage the public with the “spread” of the message, charting and replacing the devastating outbreak of the virus with an equally viral transmission of recorded facts through the agency of pencils, a transient tool that dispenses its form to inform. The pencil is thus made into a found testimonial literally as well as metaphorically exposing at once our shortcomings as well as our strengths, delegating a remembrance that pays tribute to those we have lost. The pencils will be placed during the months of January to December 2022 at ran