thoughts & prayers
an installation built to make an impact.
march for our lives | mccann
Four years after the Parkland school shooting, March for Our Lives marked the anniversary with a large-scale reminder of what has been lost. With no federal legislation passed and more than 170,000 lives taken by gun violence since the tragedy, the organization sought to make Washington confront its inaction.
Artist Dawn Dunning created 1,100 child-sized body bags, each one representing a life cut short. AVO, in collaboration with Rep & Repeat, supported the installation on the National Mall, arranging the bags across three football fields to spell THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS in full view of Congress. The scale turned the message into something impossible to overlook.