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Artists to create a permanent Covid memorial Sheffield-based artists are being briefed this week about plans for a permanent city centre Covid memorial that will open in Spring 2023. The unique memorial, located in Balm Green Gardens, will be a meaningful, long-lasting, and creative tribute to those who have lost their lives, those who have worked above and beyond to keep people as safe as possible and those who have been affected by Covid. This second phase of the Covid memorial programme is asking artists to propose their ideas for how a memorial tree will reflect the thoughts, theme and sentiments gathered from
the first phase of Sheffield’s Covid memorial programme. It is seen as significant artwork that will become a part of the physical and social fabric of the city. The brief outlines that it is looking for artists with experience of producing work in the public realm and engaging with diverse, underrepresented communities to develop ideas, build a sense of ownership and strengthen cultural provision. The memorial will be constructed using cast or fabricated metal to reflect the city’s heritage. It must be designed to allow people to connect with it either by reading the stories and messages it holds or by attaching temporary
messages or ribbons. Sitting within the planted garden, the sculpture will provide a focal point to the space for people to pay their respects and place tributes and memories and be a symbol that people from all cultures can understand and relate to and be accessible to everyone. Councillor Terry Fox, Leader of Sheffield City Council, said: “Sheffield’s Central Covid memorial will be a permanent tribute to those who have lost their lives, those who have worked above and beyond to keep people as safe as possible and those who have been affected by Covid. “We hope that the brief given to our artists today will result
in a creative permanent tribute, where anyone can go and just stand and look at it, to reflect, to be thoughtful. A place where they can feel the compassion that was shown in so many ways by so many people when Covid entered our lives. Covid was difficult for everyone in all sorts of ways, but for some people its effects will last a lifetime. We are acutely aware that some groups were disproportionately affected by Covid, and we are committed to making sure their voices are reflected in this memorial and committed to reducing the inequalities we see in the city as much as we can.” The selection process will be run by Sheffield Museums,
and it is expected that an artist will be selected by the end of October and the artwork installed in Balm Green Gardens by Spring. Councillor Terry Fox added: “We hope that Sheffield people, groups and organisations will continue to be part of shaping our memorial activity here, by sharing stories at sheffieldstoriesfromthepandemic.com/ , getting involved in local memorial activity and by participating in this Balm Green Gardens project. This will all help us achieve what we planned when this memorial activity first started, and that is a perfect memorial to those loved ones we have lost and those who are here living with that loss.”
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