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Collected Item: “Ghost City Avenue S”

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Ghost City Avenue S

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Interactive website

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"Avenue S" a new addition to "Ghost City," 1998-2020. It is a ongoing creation of new web pages begin in March 2020 containing fragmented images and texts that are a poetic meditation on isolation. Because it felt like a ghost town everywhere at the beginning of the pandemic: the streets were empty; the beaches and parks were closed people stayed at home or walked alone wearing masks, I wanted to provide an alternative experience. Avenue S, in retrospect has become a visual journal of the year of Covid-19.

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#SMhopes, #jzellen

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http://www.ghostcity.com/avenue-s

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Jody Zellen

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2020-03-31
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