MUNDANE MONUMENTS
What is a monument of the mundane? Monuments have an everyday life to them - they are, as architectural historian Andrew Shanken (2022) observes, being “turned on and off” through daily routines. But they are also monuments of the everyday, as when they are self-grown (thank you to Art Historian Mette Haakonsen (2015) for this wonderful term) tributes to subcultures or unofficial memorials for the lost. These forms, blending the ordinary and monumental, are central to my exploration in the project Mundane Monuments.
Territories of the Nation
Holocaust Memorial | Berlin
Holocaust Memorial | Berlin
Vietnam Memorial | DC
Vietnam Memorial | DC
Vietnam Memorial | DC
Lincoln Memorial | DC
Lincoln Memorial | DC
Lincoln Memorial | DC
Antique store | New York State
Checkpoint Charlie | Berlin
Omaha Beach | France
Dog sector Omaha Beach | Normandy
Dog sector Omaha Beach | Normandy
Dog sector Omaha Beach | Normandy
Les Braves memorial | Omaha Beach, Normandy
Les Braves memorial | Omaha Beach, Normandy
Les Braves memorial | Omaha Beach, Normandy
Veteran memorial | Omaha Beach, Normandy
Burial mound 'Signal Hill' | Aalborg, Denmark
Cementary | Omaha Beach, Normandy
Visual Surfaces

Memorial | Rue Saint-Catherine, Montréal

Memorial | Rue Saint-Catherine, Montréal

Mural, Saint-Catherine St | Montréal

Hang Time Pizza | Montréal

Name | Kolding Train Station, Denmark

Memorial | Aarhus Train Station, Denmark

School Ruin | Aalborg, Denmark


Anti-cop | Aalborg, Denmark

Tribute to Mao | Aalborg, Denmark

Name | Eternitten, Denmark

Name | Aalborg, Denmark

Name | Vejgård, Denmark
Urban statues

Queen Victoria | Victoria Square, Montréal

Edward VII | Square Phillips, Montréal

Homeless | Rue Saint Catherine, Montréal

Cementary | Le Repos Saint-François d'Assise, Montréal

Cementary | Le Repos Saint-François d'Assise, Montréal

Notre Dame de Lourdes Chapel | Montréal

The English Pug And The French Poodle | Montréal

Boer War Memorial | Dorchester Square, Montreal

King Christian IX | Aalborg Central Bus Station, Denmark

King Christian IX | Aalborg Central Bus Station, Denmark
Seeing Urban Landmarks

Croix du Mont-Royal | Plateau Mont-Royal, Montréal

Croix du Mont-Royal | Mont Royal, Montréal

Croix du Mont-Royal | rue Sainte-Catherine, Montréal

Leonard Cohen Mural | Webster Library, Montréal

Leonard Cohen Mural | Webster Library, Montréal
Use of nature

Love carving | Dronninglund, Denmark

Love carving | Dronninglund, Denmark

Love carving | Vico Canavese, Italy

Name carvings | Rold Forrest, Denmark

Name installation | Rold Forrest, Denmark

Beach stones | Vigsø, Denmark

Memorial | Cascade du Rouget, France