DNR, Train Ticket

In Collections: Creativity in the Time of COVID-19

Copyright Status: In Copyright

Date: 2019/2022

Artists: Sen, Dolly

Subjects: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , in art

Material Type: Poems
Photographs

Language: English

Extent: 2 poems

Genre Note: Poems rendered in Photoshop

Exhibit Label: People demonized disabled people during the pandemic because they thought disabled people were the reason for lockdowns. The public had no idea how hard it was for disabled people in the pandemic. Therefore, I created these works. "DNR" is a poem that I posted on social media highlighting that disabled people are being culled. "Train ticket" is a digital image that shows how disabled people seem to have a ticket to nowhere. We need a different system to ensure our life and rights. --Label design by exhibit curator Nancy DeJoy. Labels written by Ben Lash and his team in consultation with artist statements.

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1 of 2: DNR

Black text on a white background. The top title is of the biggest size, reading "DNR" in bold, capital letters. Underneath is the heading "do not resuscitate" in capital letters and a smaller font. Beneath, the text is as follows, separated in paragraphs: "my life, my love of life and people my laughter, my dreams, my joy" in lowercase, "Your decency, your ‘do not harm', your dignity, your respect" with the first letters of most words capitalized, "Do not resuscitate my anger at the idea that I don't have a right to my life only because the NHS is underfunded and I am seen as having no worth.", "But you are not looking hard enough You are not looking deep enough into the heart you want to stop.". In smaller, gray lettering is the watermark "Dolly Sen 2020".

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Extent: 1 poem

Genre Note: Poem rendered in Photoshop

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2 of 2: Train Ticket

A photoshopped image of an airline ticket. The ticket has two orange borders on the top and bottom: the top is blank, and the bottom has two orange arrow symbols pointing in opposite directions within a white circle to the left side and the black, dotted words "no return" capitalized on the right side. In between the two borders is a white background with faint yellow lines, text fills the background in dotted gray and dotted black. At the top: "class" capitalized and "under" in lowercase, "price" capitalized and "on your head" in lower case. In the middle "valid until" capitalized and "the system changes" in lowercase. Underneath that, "from" and "cradle", "route" and "fixed", "validity" and "none", "to" and "grave" all in lowercase.

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Extent: 1 poem

Genre Note: Poem rendered in Photoshop

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