Lydia Kern

Anthology Video

Video loop from Anthology, 2025

Anthology is a monumental public sculpture installed at the perimeter of Burlington, Vermont’s City Hall Park. Anthology, from the Greek word anthologia, which means “a collection of flowers,” is composed of hundreds of preserved flowers gathered by neighbors across Burlington. Flowers are suspended in resin mid-bloom, while sunset colored shadows change throughout the day with the movement of the sun. Inspired by the way we use flowers to both celebrate joy and commemorate loss, Anthology embodies what is fleeting yet enduring the persistence of beauty and the certainty of change.

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Presented by Burlington City Arts & Love Burlington. Curated and Designed by Vanish Works

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