Creator
Jilly Ballistic
Rights Holder
@jillyballistic
Title
They Said It Couldn't Happen Here
Coverage
New York City
Spatial Coverage
New York
Temporal Coverage
United States 2020
Date
2020-04-10
Format
wheatpasting
Extent
10
Subject
gas mask; PPE; political critique; wartime reference
Contributor
@jillyballistic
Source
Located at Nassau Ave; G train
Description
A retro image of a small child wearing a gas mask while reading a message written of to their left: "They said it couldn't happen here." The image of the child is a wheatpasted photograph; the text is written in black Sharpie. This piece alludes to flaws in both the political system and the federal government's response to COVID-19.
Relation
SN
Publisher
Dr. Mike Klein, students in the Spring 2020 honors seminar
Rights
@jillyballistic
Type
Still Image
Identifier
UAM-C19_0157