Jay Goldberg
“We recognize ourselves in the memories of diverse strangers through a uniquely American experience connecting generations.”
In a country polarized and frayed, this multimedia project inspires empathy, connection and understanding.
Each installation is custom curated for the particular community and space.
“The Memory of America: Remember Your First Baseball Game” is far-reaching and layered. Baseball is merely the turnstile.
The conversations occur across the country: a Pulitzer Prize-winner in his personal office; a Poet Laureate in a park; one legendary sportswriter in a Chinese restaurant, another in a pizzeria; a plumber at a picnic table...
Somebody once asked me to describe this project in only one word. This seemed inconceivable. But, as I thought it through, it became quite clear. The stories and memories, some dating back nine decades, go in divergent directions. But they all meet in one place with one word: Love.
-Jay Goldberg
