Dispersed Memorial incorporates and combines paper, light, technology, Google, and public participation in remembrance of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Archdaily.com describes this memorial and its timeline. "One month before the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Dispersed Memorial is distributing memory cards ten at a time across the country to honor the date. Each laser cut card reveals the project name through delicate voids in the paper which create an ephemeral image only visible when the card is held to the light or casts a shadow. With each exchange of the card, a moment of remembrance is initiated and prompts a dispersed, collective conversation about the memory of loved ones lost or affected by the events of 9-11."
"In the culminating stages of the project, Dispersed Memorial will translate those photographs into glass plates scattered throughout the city. Each glass outline of the Twin Towers will correspond to the memory of the city’s skyline in varying locations. At night, the markers will light up one by one as an echo to the candles that were lit for the lives of victims in the days following 9-11, and will illuminate the inscriptions of stories, letters, poems and names that honor each victim. The memorial allows each contributor to choose the location of the glass plates where they wish to honor victims."
Dispersed Memorial and co-founder Martha Skinner hope to encourage people to share and accept memories, eventually connecting, comforting, and honoring victims of 9-11.
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