How a Small-Town Art Installation Became an Unlikely TikTok Sensation

Blockbuster stubs, notes made by children, photographs of loved ones, a coupon: the preservation of the everyday always brings with it an emotional connection. That much was made clear last week when an artwork making use of these very objects became the subject of a viral TikTok, accruing hundreds of thousands of views and thousands of gushing comments.
The TikTok is simple as the camera slowly pans across the installation while Agape by Nicholas Britell plays in the background. The gentle, rom