# @gettymuseum on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34229943-gettymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-06-18T16:43:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

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🧡Orange: Healing.

This #PrideMonth, we're sharing artworks inspired by the rainbow flag. Today we look at Orange, which symbolizes Healing.
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“In June 2016, the Pulse nightclub in Orlando was the site of a horrific massacre targeting the Latinx and LGBTQ+ community during Pride month.

Ever since, artist Brendan Fernandes had been building a body of work in various media to remember the 49 lives lost at Pulse. In June 2017, Fernandes staged a performance of Free Fall 49 at the Getty Center.

A feat of endurance across three hours, he directed eight dancers who emulated the movements of club dancing while on raised platforms scattered across the museum courtyard as music lured everyone into a dance party.

At random, startling intervals, the music suddenly stopped and the dancers fell to the ground, snapping the crowd out of the present into a stark state of reflection. 
This was repeated 49 times.

As the artist and I prepared for this event, we wondered how the audience would react. Would they dance? Would they cry? Would they laugh?

What ultimately happened was a complete surprise to me: the performance was not at all about the fall, but rather the act of getting back up again.

The experience deftly spoke to the resiliency of the LGBTQ+ community that has continually found refuge together on the dance floor, and a community that has endured so much yet thrives in every way possible.”
—Sarah Cooper, manager of performing arts, public programs specialist 
For more on Brendan Fernandes, the history of the pride flag, and to see more Pride-themed artworks, visit our #LinkInBio.

#pride #pridemonth #pride2020🏳️‍🌈#lgbt #lgbthistory #gayhistory #queerhistory

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