Human Flower Project
Orrington, MAINE USA
Murrieta, CALIFORNIA USA
Princeton, MAINE USA
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Homage and Horror Vacui
An artist’s floral installation pays final tribute to Boston’s 90-year-old mental health center.
The barren Massachusetts Mental Health Center opened
to the public, blooming for four days before its demolition.
Photo: Bloom
“How does one memorialize a building impossibly rich with a history of both hope and sadness?” asks Christopher Jobson on his intriguing weblog Colossus (many thanks to Annie Ardery for pointing us this way).