The Song of the Essential Worker
A large mural and a series of posters celebrating essential workers. Painted portraits of real people. Collectively they will highlight the resilience and diversity of the city. Viewers will be able to scan a QR code below each figure to see a short documentary film in which the workers will introduce us to their world, their work and their dreams for the future.
Timeline
- Posters of the workers will be going up around town late spring 2022.
- The filmed portraits will be going up on the website even sooner (check out http://theworkerswall.com).
- The mural will begin construction early summer 2022.
Upcoming Events
Project Media
“You Can Too” (video portrait). Lowely Cheung, Union Electrician. Visit https://theworkerswall.com/ for more portraits.
“It’s Not Over Yet” (video portrait). David Van De Carr, Respiratory Therapist. Visit https://theworkerswall.com/ for more portraits.
SPCUNY Artist
Zoe Beloff
Collaborators
Eric Muzzy: Eric studied documentary filmmaking at Temple University though he started his young professional life peripatetically in a series of pursuits including factory worker, cabinet maker, house builder, deckhand and cameraman. He has worked in the film industry as well as acting as director of photography on independent films. He regularly collaborates with two New York artists, Zoe Beloff and composer and singer Shelley Hirsch. He has done theatrical lighting and multimedia visuals with Shelley and is the cinematographer on all of Zoe Beloff’s films and installations.
