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Candy Chang's "Before I Die" installation is part of a global public art project that prompts people to reflect on their lives and share aspirations, a press release says. There are more than 5,000 walls across the world. The Greater Jackson Arts Council unveiled the installation at the Arts Center of Mississippi on Wednesday, April 17. Photo by Amber Helsel

Candy Chang, creator of the "Before I Die" project, speaks at a press conference for the unveiling of the installation at the Arts Center of Mississippi on Wednesday, April 17. Photo by Amber Helsel

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba speaks at the unveiling of Candy Chang's "Before I Die" installation at the Arts Center of Mississippi on Wednesday, April 17, as student ambassadors from Barack H. Obama Magnet School and Tougaloo College students look on. Photo by Amber Helsel

Candy Chang (center) poses with current Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba (far left) and first lady Ebony Lumumba (center left) and former Mayor Harvey Johnson (far right) and his wife Kathy Harvey (center right) at the unveiling of the "Before I Die" installation at the Arts Center of Mississippi on Wednesday, April 17. Photo by Amber Helsel

Candy Chang (center) poses with former mayor Harvey Johnson (right) and his wife Kathy Johnson (left) at the unveiling of the "Before I Die" installation at the Arts Center of Mississippi. on Wednesday, April 17. Photo by Amber Helsel

Candy Chang (center) poses with Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba (left) and first lady Ebony Lumumba (right) at the unveiling of the "Before I Die" installation at the Arts Center of Mississippi on Wednesday, April 17. Photo by Amber Helsel

Former Mayor Harvey Johnson writes on the "Before I Die" wall at the Arts Center of Mississippi during an unveiling of the installation on Wednesday, April 17. Photo by Amber Helsel

A crowd gathers in front of the "Before I Die" wall at the Arts Center of Mississippi during an unveiling of the installation on Wednesday, April 17. Photo by Amber Helsel