Collective Memory is a temporary, event-based installation that recreates a sunny afternoon picnic. The community is invited to picnic, socialize, and enjoy the park while they share their experiences of the past two years of living through a pandemic. A dome structure becomes an intimate space for individuals to process collective experiences and the range of emotions accompanying them, such as grief, loss, hope, and joy in the aftermath and continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected their families and communities. Park-goers can sit on the blankets and walk in and out of the central dome structure, the Memory Dome. Picnic blankets created from fabric remnants and clothing from community members collected via prior workshops form a circle around the dome. The park and the picnic blankets provide an open space for socializing. Within the Memory Dome are memories and stories gathered from the community in prior workshops. Recreated accounts are text-based pieces written on hanging strips of fabric sourced from the community. A QR code at the park leads guests to an Instagram page containing an archive of the stories, images of the clothing, and anything shared by the community.

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