CROSS IN YELLOW

Abstract

The “X” on the sidewalk determined the distance between people in the lineups outside a primary healthcare unit in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. However, this mark brings to mind the image of a string of yellow crosses as a reminder of the brutal number of deaths of racialized black and indigenous people caused by the pandemic. This pattern is repeated endlessly, and this repetition is grueling. This series of five photo collages seeks to stimulate reflection on this while tying the symbol of the cross to the successive images of burials and memorial ceremonies held by the thousands of families of COVID-19 victims in the country.