Disposable Monuments, 2018.
First of four photographs from Disposable Monuments, 2018. Inkjet print, 16” x 24”
This project took shape as part of the RAIR residency in Philadelphia. RAIR gives artists access to materials moving through the waste stream at a major recycling facility in Northeast Philadelphia. Disposable Monuments evolved in response to the national dialogue around the removal of Confederate monuments from public places, and became a series of monument-forms created from materials reclaimed from the waste stream. The smaller pallet of obelisks exists as a permanent sculpture, while the process of tipping the large obelisk is recorded only as a series of photographs.
Second of four photographs from Disposable Monuments, 2018. Inkjet print, 16” x 24”
Third of four photographs from Disposable Monuments, 2018. Inkjet print, 16” x 24”
Fourth of four photographs from Disposable Monuments, 2018. Inkjet print, 16” x 24”
Raising the 26’ obelisk into place in the tipping yard.
Disposable Monuments, 2018.
Salvaged wood products and salvaged pallet. 48” x 48” x 90”
Disposable Monuments, 2018.
Detail