The Covid Chronicles

During the pandemic, I sent postcard-sized prints of the Covid Chronicles to anyone who asked with the condition that they answer a question related to the print. The graphic nature of print and its ability to capture exacting detail made the Covid Chronicles read like tarot cards. Viewers responded to my written prompts and had visual reminders of the pandemic with which to make meaning. The conversations that transpired helped me metabolize the pandemic. I received responses capturing moments of resilience, mutual aid, beauty, humor, and pain. The book is 42 pages of prints, writing, and responses. 

The Covid Chronicles (1/12 – 12/12), 2023
hand-bound artist book, hand-colored laser prints, relief print cover
8.5 x 14 inches, 42 pages

1  What was an act of kindness you experienced during the pandemic?

2  What was one thing you realized you could live without?

3  In what ways were your eyes opened? What can you not unsee?

4  With our world turned upside down, what new routines did you create?

5  What was one good news headline that inspired you?

6  What personal, local or national changes make you hopeful?

7  This is a moment to reflect on what we lost. If sharing feels appropriate please do. 

8  How did you keep your sense of humor?

9  What foods make you think of the pandemic?

10  What broke you from your repetition and surprised you most during the pandemic? Pleasant surprises included.

11  How did you fill your time? Did you make anything? Renovate? Make progress towards a mental health or physical goal? 

12  If you could tell your pre-pandemic self something to help prepare what would you say?

13  How does the CDC and our president win back people's trust in science and government?

14  How long did you initially think the pandemic would last?

15  When did you declare your freedom from the pandemic? What did you do?

16 What have you accepted as normal that you wouldn't have pre-pandemic?

17 Do you feel prepared for the next epidemic?