Visualizing the COVID-19 Tragedy
Description
Since October, artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg has been planting flags in Washington, D.C. to visualize the more than 247,000 COVID-19 deaths in America so far. Every day, she updates the installation to reflect the rising death count, changing the numbers and adding more flags. Experience the installation in 360.
What Works Well
This video offers the viewer a chance to visit a COVID-19 memorial as it developed through the first Fall of the pandemic in Washington, DC.
Discipline
- Biological (Life) Sciences
- Social Sciences
Keywords
art, district of columbia, global, installation, memorial, pandemic, public health, washington
Source
National Geographic
Level of Guidance
What does this mean?
The Level of Guidance indicates how much the creator has imbued the video with a sense of at what the viewer should be looking.
For instance, a Level 1 video would mean that the camera has been left in place while life happens around it, allowing you, as the viewer, to simply observe. A Level 2 video might incorporate subtle visual, textual or audible hints or simple transitions. A Level 3 video would rely on a handful of hints and transition. A Level 4 video would employ multiple hints and dialogue. And a Level 5 video would rely on all of the above as well as a narrative arc that pushes the viewer forward.
Another way of looking at this would be how much production went into the video if you are considering making one of your own like it.
Location
Watch in Class
