Endless Cycle: Tim Tate’s Call to End Gun Violence

The sight of Tim Tate’s Endless Cycle halted my steady slalom through this year’s Scope New York. Cutting through the din of art fair chatter and the carnival of all things contemporary, his infinity-mirror piece entreated for more than passing, fleeting reverie. Rather, it pierced the bubble of mere aesthetic, and—mandala-like—eloquently laid plain the overwhelming realities of gun violence.

For each of the 30 hand-painted bodies cast in acrylic that ring Endless Cycle, 1,000 people needlessly lost their lives last year from a person wielding a gun. At the piece’s uterine-like center are six burnt-orange hued pistols: one for each of the children that will be killed from gun violence today. The same number lost yesterday, as those lost tomorrow. And tomorrow. And tomorrow.

I was lucky enough to meet Tate but moments after encountering Endless Cycle at Scope. One week later, we hopped on a call to talk how the piece came together, the infinity of gun violence, and the hope that, one day, it can all be over (if you want it.)

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