The final design called for a grid of bronze and glass chairs in a field, the chairs representing the 168 people who died.
Eschewing the convenience of metal discs, stones or shells, they used metal painstakingly moulded into the shape of small chairs, representing the tribal chief's throne.
(The novel's title comes from a commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the Serbian siege, when thousands of red chairs, representing the victims, were arrayed in Sarajevo's main street, including many hundreds of small ones for the children).
And the most evocative shot in the film has no person in it: the opening nighttime scene of what appears to be Suzette Gondry's backyard, with an empty table and chairs, representing the absent family, sitting in the rain under a single light.
Since 1993 the park has been used as a showcase for large contemporary art installations and sculpture, including Richard Caink's picnic table and chairs representing earth, wind, fire and water, and "Log Lookout," a seat and shelter made from logs, by Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley.
'Ten Years Later: A Tribute 9/11' (Friday through Sunday) In a tribute by the Bryant Park Corporation to the victims of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center — the second since the first anniversary of the attack in 2002 — empty chairs representing each of the victims will be placed on the lawn facing south, toward Lower Manhattan; visitors can observe, but not sit in, the chairs.
In the shady and sandy "main square" in front of reception several hanging chairs represent the Maldivian village tradition of gathering in public.
Though the dedication to the emperors tells us that Alexander was appointed to a chair in philosophy, there is not sufficient evidence as to whether he obtained one of the four chairs, representing the four traditional schools, established in Athens by Marcus Aurelius in 176 CE.
The chairs represent the empty chairs at the dinner tables of the victims' families.
On Tuesday, as the volunteers sat in clusters of chairs representing families, Helfrey explained how the exercise would work.
