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Collected Item: “you good?”

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you good?

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a glow in the dark pin

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At the beginning of the shut down, I got an email from a friend who asked "you good?". I didn't know how to answer that; I wondered if anyone was "good". Over the next few months I worked on a photographic piece for a show at the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster that opened in January. I had a neon sign made for the title. The museum then had glowin the dark pins made to sell in their store. It seemed to hit a nerve because it sold out in few weeks and they have to reorder. I have a fantasy of everyone walking around with these pins: you good?

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https://www.lancastermoah.org/thevault

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Eileen Cowin

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2021-01-22
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