Moving from metal to metaphor, recent monuments reveal a shift in how we confront past trauma.
At New York City’s 9/11 Memorial & Museum, bronze parapets are engraved with names of the 2,977 victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The memorial, on the grounds of the former World Trade Center, is one of many monuments to collective traumas erected in the last 20 years.Figuring out how to memorialize 9/11 has been a monumental undertaking. The terrorist attacks 20 years ago reshaped the world in unfathomable ways.
“With that memorial, the earth moved. It was a landform—not representational, not a statue,” says J. Meejin Yoon, dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University. Although some traditionalists complained, and sculptures of soldiers were later added to placate critics, the design proved its staying power. By the turn of the millennium, echoes of Lin’s wall were everywhere.
In Vardo, Norway, the Steilneset Memorial honors 17th-century residents burned at the stake for witchcraft. It utilizes steel, a silk cocoon, and fire in an abstract, haunting way.in tribute to 17th-century residents burned for witchcraft. Set in a barren, coastal region, it features a 400-foot-long swaying passageway and a black glass cube holding a chair that shoots jets of fire. The memorial evokes not just memories of the 91 victims, but also the cruelty that can come from scapegoating.
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