Community Canvas is an initiative presented by The Culture Show where GBH features artwork from community members on our Digital Mural.
Today’s mural by Sydney Chung questions the viability of a city without people. It would become an apocalyptic wasteland or a place where nature takes back what it’s lost. Chung sees a city’s infrastructure as a shell – no sign of conflict or cosmic intervention, but a dark, lonely place without its defining center and purpose.
Yet, Chung believes people are the light of the world, emanating a glow and reach far beyond each individual. “Each one of us affect every person and thing we touch, bringing life to desolate places,” she says. “Even amidst the pushing and pulling of daily commutes, a city’s people drive its motion. We are the fuel in its engine, the power in its step. We are the soulful, multifaceted light in a purely physical world.”
