Soon after its creation, with the registry of Middle East-born males known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System ( NSEERS), followed by the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003, the lights took on another meaning to many. We were searching for a collective way to mourn nearly 3,000 victims and move forward.īut the Tribute in Light, which was conceived by designers John Bennett, Gustavo Boneverdi, Richard Nash Gould, Julian LaVerdiere, and Paul Myoda, and lighting consultant Paul Marantz, is a monument to nationalism now, and I don’t say that lightly. At the time, it was presented as a temporary installation and seemed like a joyous gesture during a moment when the trauma of the terror attack, amplified by the mainstream media, had numbed us all. The project, which was facilitated by the art nonprofit Creative Time, first appeared in 2002. Now that the lights will be turned on, I will have to avoid the sight of Lower Manhattan tomorrow, like I do every year. Backlash from nationalists and supporters of the war on terror caused a stir, and media mouth pieces of the right - like the New York Post - published ridiculous editorials calling it “ outrageous” that the tribute would not proceed. The 9/11 Tribute in Light will go ahead despite its initial cancellation. I thought I was going to get a break this year, but I was wrong. This 2013 work by Banksy appeared in an alley way in Tribeca, near the site of the 9/11 attack in New York, and it is one of many works that have sought to remember the victims of the 2001 terror attack.
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