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Brooklyn Art Installation Lets Visitors Bury Secrets Anonymously Until 2042

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French artist Sophie Calle has created a marble obelisk in Brooklyn where people can anonymously deposit their written secrets. The art installation, known as a 'grave of secrets,' has been accepting confessions since 2017 and will continue to do so until 2042. Secrets submitted are periodically exhumed and cremated in a ceremonial ritual. The project is designed to offer visitors a sense of catharsis and emotional release through the act of unburdening.

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