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The process of memory making: Collected to Collective
Steel welded frame (1/4 inch), aluminum plate, cotton thread, fishing wire.
Exploring the relationship between collected memories and the collective memory of a nation through the analysis of the Ashrottbrunnem fountain (Horst Heisel, Kassel, 1985). The inverted fountain is a counter-monument to the Holocaust designed as a space to look down and remember.
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The thread is wound through the metal cross section of the fountain becoming both the memories of the onlookers and the shape of the fountain.
The process of making: MIG welding.
The process of making: grinding.
The process of making: CNC of aluminum cross-sections.
In counter ceremony students were encouraged to add their own thread to the model, adding their own memory to the collective.
