Monument (No Art Needed)

Martin VerdroĂ&#x; Memorial (no art needed) 2012

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Preface

ASSUMPTION A There is a discrepancy between a memorial and what it means to commemorate.

ASSUMPTION B There is no discrepancy between a fact and its aftermath.

STATEMENTS Dust is not a memorial.

A gap is not a memorial.

Fresh soil is not a memorial.

An irregularity is not a memorial.

Regression is not a memorial.

A town is not a memorial.

Change is not a memorial.

A galanty show is not a memorial.

Growth is not a memorial.

A skyline is not a memorial.

Burj Khalifa construction site; Dubai, United Arab Emirates 12/2004, 12/2005, 10/2006, 11/2006, 4/2008, 8/2009

Aral Sea; Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan 12/1973, 12/1986, 12/1999, 12/2004, 12/2006

Checkpoint Charlie; Berlin, Germany 3/1945, 12/1953, 10/2000, 4/2002, 5/2006, 12/2009

Industrial City of Chongqing; China 8/2005, 4/2007, 9/2007, 7/2009, 12/2010, 8/2011

Workd Trade Center/Ground Zero; New York City, USA 4/1994, 4/1997, 9/2001, 12/2001, 6/2002, 12/2002, 9/2005, 4/2008, 6/2011

“The World”; coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates 12/2004, 2/2005, 4/2005, 12/2005, 10/2006, 11/2006, 1/2010

Monument (no art needed) is a work in progress; this document is not definitive.