Monumental

For this publication, titled Monumental, we are exploring the theme of monuments, memorials, and artifacts by conversing under the umbrella of urban regeneration, personal and civic relationship with public space, respite and reflection in an urban environment, and explicitly how urban generation/regeneration creates and destroys such monuments, memorials, and artifacts. Some of the writings focus on the experience of public parks and greenbelts, one discusses how the city implements public art as an act of memorialization after gentrification, and the too often nefarious nature of nostalgia – both the light and dark sides of memorialization and monuments. We have included works of composition as memorialization and monuments to the lived experience, and are featuring work from architectural critic Bruce Rips, the civic poet of Seattle Shin Yu Pai, cultural critic and philosopher Charles Mudede, architectural journalist Vernon Mays and many more.