“Remarkable Presence” Exhibit by Jen Urso

Commemorating the Victims of COVID-19

Remarkable Presence: Commemorating the Victims of Covid-19, an immersive installation by Phoenix-based, multi-disciplinary artist Jen Urso, captures both the intimacy and magnitude of losses to Covid here in Arizona through the power of art and objects. The exhibit opens on January 24, 2023 at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.
The exhibit includes approximately 1,200 small paper suitcases of the original 20,000 honoring Arizona lives lost (numbering 32,182 at the start of the year) as well as 36 pop-up versions of the original 60, which expand to reveal contents crafted from specific obituaries and other remembrances.