Mirror Project
Inspired by New York Downtown Hospital’s role as the primary receiving hospital on September 11, 2001, Anne Beffel installed over a thousand mirrors in its lobby windows. The mirrors resembled the signal mirrors lost pilots use for rescue. Modeled upon the patterns of falling debris, the mirrors became a glistening light field.
Wearing a handmade “mirror dress" and pedaling a bike laden with mirrors, Beffel gave away hundreds of additional mirrors for Lower Manhattan residents and workers to hang in their windows, representing reflection and communication. As she moved through the neighborhood, Beffel's dress projected patches of sunlight onto the urban landscape and the people with whom she interacted.
Project Funded By:
Fund For Creative Communities/New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program
Manhattan Community Arts Fund: New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York Downtown Hospital
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Art for Healing NYC Organization
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts
Jenny Couture
Total Plastics Incorporated
Ulbrich Stainless & Special Metals
Adam and Marissa of Syracuse
Wearing a handmade “mirror dress" and pedaling a bike laden with mirrors, Beffel gave away hundreds of additional mirrors for Lower Manhattan residents and workers to hang in their windows, representing reflection and communication. As she moved through the neighborhood, Beffel's dress projected patches of sunlight onto the urban landscape and the people with whom she interacted.
Project Funded By:
Fund For Creative Communities/New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program
Manhattan Community Arts Fund: New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York Downtown Hospital
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Art for Healing NYC Organization
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts
Jenny Couture
Total Plastics Incorporated
Ulbrich Stainless & Special Metals
Adam and Marissa of Syracuse