iraqimemorial.org

September 9—October 22, 2011

Curated by Joseph DeLappe

Tyler Adams
Vincent Akuin & Michael Manalo
Jorge Aldea
Tony Allard
Mehedi Amin
kenAR AEC & Team
Nadia Awad
Bill Balaskas
Joshua Berger
Chuck Chaney
Joseph Choma
Ivan Contrearas Rubio
NaJa + deOstos
Peter Di Salvo
Rodrigo Donoso
Carla Drago
Rob Duarte
Hakki Erol
Al Fadhil
Susanne Fasbender
Liz Filardi & Erik Burke
Sara Fiore
Nestor Armando Gil
Amro Hamzawi
Linda Hesh
Jona Hoier & Andreas Zingerle
Peter Janssen & Ward Janssen
Suzanne Kanatsiz
Athanasia Karaioannoglou
Matt Kenyon & Doug Easterly
Lynn Marie Kirby
Simon Kuntze-Fechner & Eddie Pinaud
Paula Levine
Patrick Lichty
Megan Mailloux,
Alban Mannisi
Cat Soergal Marshall
Stephen Mundwiler & Cara Lee
Yaniz Ophir & Gila Fakterman
Farid Rakun
Julio Ramirez
Bekim Ramku,
Rashad Salim
Andrea Stanislav
Erin Finch Stevens
Ehren Tool
Jack Toolin
Mark Tribe
Werryson Wijaya
Geri Wittig
Alyssa Wright
Sayoko Yoshida

iraqimemorial.org is a participation-based conceptual project launched in 2007 as an internet platform for artists, designers, and architects to propose concepts for memorials to the unrecognized civilian casualties incurred during the ongoing conflict in Iraq. Existing as an open call and growing archive of ideas and works, iraqimemorial.org is an effort initiated by one individual to call upon the collective creative community to consider the cost of war from all sides. Over the four years of the project's existence, the site has evolved to feature over 175 speculative memorial concepts and documentation of a variety of completed memorial projects.

From September 9 through October 22nd, 2011, EFA Project Space presents an exhibition of plans and responses selected out of the pool that now exist on the iraqimemorial.org site. The proposal guidelines encourage participants to use a wide range of locations and mediums to create collective memory and unity, drawing upon traditional and expanded ideas of memorial. The exhibition on display at EFA presents a selection of several dozen of the most striking submissions as selected by two juror’s reviews in 2008 and 2009 as well as more recent projects that have been uploaded to the site. Featured projects span a range of creative practices including: architecture, social media, geomapping, performance, video and the visual arts.