Here Lie the Secrets of the Visitors of Green-wood Cemetery

Project Added: November 12, 2020
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In a graveyard with green grass is a large marble obelisk.

The marble obelisk at the Green-Wood Cemetery

Image courtesy of Leandro Justen

Arts-and Intersections:

Lifelong Learning

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Location:

Brooklyn, New York

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Genre/Discipline:

Writing and literature

Population Density:

Urban

Large Intended Impact Area:

Locality/Town/City

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Project Website:

https://creativetime.org/projects/here-lie-secrets/

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Artist Sophie Calle began the project Here Lie the Secrets of the Visitors of Green-Wood Cemetery which is a 25-year-long public artwork where people are invited to explore the cemetery then write their inner-most secrets on paper and deposit them into a marble obelisk.

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