For Young Architects Competitions during Summer 2019 in multiple locations with Joe McGranahan.
Man-made monuments of the Holocene are the crowning achievements of our species. The Anthro-Monument, possessing a name prefixed with an allusion to the era of mankind’s perceived and eventually realized domination over nature, applies the decimating effects of humanity on nature to humanity’s own Holo-Monuments. Taking its formal cues from a crushed down water bottle, a spread open grocery bag, or the waves of the ocean, Anthro-Monument forces us to reckon with the fault of our waste as it travels from city to city, Holo-Monument to Holo-Monument, begging the question: how long can this go on?
Participation in the Anthro-Monument takes on two forms. The first is contribution. Participants can place or even throw their waste into the structure itself, where it will combine with all the waste of the exhibition in an ever-growing cloak that obscures the Holo-Monument within. The second is occupation. Participants must enter and navigate the Anthro- Monument to view the Holo-Monument unobstructed. As waste builds, so too does darkness and claustrophobia in a visceral prerequisite to the viewing of the original Holo-Monument.