Monument Lab

Monument Lab is a national public art and history project based in Philadelphia. Our goal is to critically engage the monuments we have inherited and unearth the next generation of monuments through stories of social justice and solidarity. We work with artists, activists, municipal agencies, and civic stakeholders on creative approaches to public art, history, and memory. Through public art exhibitions, participatory research projects, a national fellows program, and a new website and podcast, Monument Lab is building research and creating conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments.

Speculative Monuments for Philadelphia

This data describes proposals for future monuments collected from Philadelphia residents and visitors to during Monument Lab events in May 2015 and Autumn 2017. Each proposal was transcribed and analyzed by the Monument Lab team, and is identified with the location of the proposed monument. In May 2015, 450 proposals were collected from residents and visitors during a three week exhibition in the City Hall courtyard. In Autumn 2017, 4,500 proposals were collected from residents and visitors during a citywide exhibition held at 10 sites. Each proposal is identified by the location of the proposed monutment and include age and zip code of the proposer.

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Additional Info

Created	October 6, 2015
Category	Arts / Culture / History
License	License Not Specified
Maintainer	Laurie Allen
Maintainer Email	laurie.allen@gmail.com
Tags	history monuments public art

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