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On the Periphery of Public Space<\/span><\/strong>
\nPhotography As Countermonument<\/em><\/p>\n

Monuments are historically concerned with claiming a ground that cannot be challenged \u2013 seeking to maintain assumptions of singularity, centralization, legacy and perpetuity. The\u00a0Countermonumental<\/em> perspective, however, embraces and employs multiplicities, peripheries, dispersal and impermanence.<\/p>\n

These works\u00a0represent the uprooting and reinterpretation of\u00a0physical monumental structures which were originally erected to be seen in a clearly prescribed manner. This is accomplished via the simple repositioning of the Camera\u2019s perspective in relation to the Monument.<\/p>\n

No hammers, chisels, building materials, cranes or\u00a0power equipment are necessary to reinterpret or re-contextualize the monuments depicted. Even so, these physical tools of change are often visually referenced in the work\u00a0in order to compare\u00a0the Camera as a tool of monument-making and the physical act of constructing and deconstructing monumental structures.<\/p>\n

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\nFreshly-turned Soul<\/em>
\nWaterloo Battlefield, Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium.
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 2 \/ AP 1, 110 x 148 centimeters.
\nCourtesy of 50\u00b049’19.50”N 4\u00b021’25.53”E galerie de l’erg, Brussels.<\/p>\n

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\nButte de Leon & Dirtpile<\/em>
\nWaterloo Battlefield, Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium.
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 2 \/ AP 1, 110 x 148 centimeters.
\nCourtesy of 50\u00b049’19.50”N 4\u00b021’25.53”E galerie de l’erg, Brussels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSongs For Future Revolutions (Mirrored Defense)<\/em>
\nSoviet War Memorial (Treptower Park), Berlin, Germany
\nPigment Print on Paper in collaboration with David Evans. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 50\u00a0x 148 centimeters<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nWe Tourists Til The End<\/em>
\nZabriskie Point Overlook Access Ramp
\nDeath Valley National Park, California, United States.
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 110\u00a0x 148 centimeters<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nFlags & Tar Pits<\/em>
\nMiracle Mile, Los Angeles, California, United States.
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 2 \/ AP 1, 110 x 148 centimeters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Something To Really Cry About<\/em>
\nDai Lo Brick Works, Hanoi City, Vietnam
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 110 x 300\u00a0centimeters<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe Lustgarten (Everybody Knows Our Cities Were Built To Be Destroyed)<\/em>
\nReconstruction of the Berliner Schloss, Germany \/ First Constructed 1442 \/ Destroyed 1950 \/ Reconstruction 2019
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 110 x 148 centimeters<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nNot The Man They Think I Am At Home<\/em>
\nPromotional Display of the Embassy of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Hanoi, Vietnam.
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 110\u00a0x 148 centimeter<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nBehind The Back Of The Buddha<\/em>
\nGreat Amitabha Buddha, Phat Tich Mountain, Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 110 x 148 centimeters<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Geronimo Surrenders (Attrition)<\/em>
\nGeronimo Surrenders Monument, Geronimo, Arizona, United States.
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 110\u00a0x 148 centimeters<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nUniversal Landscape<\/em>
\nExecution Wall and Courtyard, Breendonk Concentration Camp, Breendonk, Belgium.
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 110\u00a0x 148 centimeter<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSongs For Future Revolutions (Mirrored Offense)<\/em>
\nMain Gate of Buchenwald Concentration Camp (Reversed), Weimar, Germany.
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 50\u00a0x 148 centimeters<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nTemple Phnom Bakheng (Everybody Knows Our Cities Were Built To Be Destroyed)<\/em>
\nDeconstruction and Restoration of Temple Phnom Bakheng, Cambodia. (erected circa. 889 AD)
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 110 x 148 centimeters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nIt Ain’t Bragging If It’s True (ED.)<\/i>
\nEntrance Gate to Edward Leedskalnin’s Coral Castle,\u00a0Leisure City, Florida, United States. (erected circa. 1923\u00a0AD)
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 110 x 148 centimeters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSame Old (Same Old)<\/em>
\nCleaning of the de-faced Bismarck-Nationaldenkmal (Tiergarten), Berlin, Germany
\nPigment Print on Paper. Edition of 3\u00a0\/ AP 1, 110\u00a0x 148 centimeters<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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