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PASADENA GENOCIDE MEMORIAL "TO SHED 1.5 MILLION TEARS" IN A YEAR
11:45, 30 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANAURY 30, ARMENPRESS. Student at the Art Center College of
Design Catherine Menard won the tender announced for the design of a
public memorial in Pasadena commemorating the Armenian Genocide. As
reports "Armenpress" the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee
praised Catherine Menard's design as an "an emotionally compelling
design" that would serve to "inspire a similar emotional connection
in those who encounter it, for generations to come."
The central feature of Menard's design -- a carved-stone basin of
water straddled by a tripod arrangement of three columns leaning into
one another -- is a single drop of water that falls from the highest
point every three seconds, each "teardrop" representing one life lost,
according to the college. Over the course of one year, 1.5 million
"tears" will fall into the pool, representing the estimated number
of people who died during the Armenian genocide of 1915 to 1918 Turkey.
Menard had to first immerse herself in the brutal history of the
Armenian people to come up with concept. In a statement, Menard said
the research process was engrossing and inspirational. "At first I felt
unworthy -- who am I to respond to such loss?" she said. "But art lends
itself to the deepest, darkest parts of human experience. It can create
sympathy, empathy, and understanding. I wanted to pair this horror
with something uplifting and beautiful, to create a way to remember.
11:45, 30 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANAURY 30, ARMENPRESS. Student at the Art Center College of
Design Catherine Menard won the tender announced for the design of a
public memorial in Pasadena commemorating the Armenian Genocide. As
reports "Armenpress" the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee
praised Catherine Menard's design as an "an emotionally compelling
design" that would serve to "inspire a similar emotional connection
in those who encounter it, for generations to come."
The central feature of Menard's design -- a carved-stone basin of
water straddled by a tripod arrangement of three columns leaning into
one another -- is a single drop of water that falls from the highest
point every three seconds, each "teardrop" representing one life lost,
according to the college. Over the course of one year, 1.5 million
"tears" will fall into the pool, representing the estimated number
of people who died during the Armenian genocide of 1915 to 1918 Turkey.
Menard had to first immerse herself in the brutal history of the
Armenian people to come up with concept. In a statement, Menard said
the research process was engrossing and inspirational. "At first I felt
unworthy -- who am I to respond to such loss?" she said. "But art lends
itself to the deepest, darkest parts of human experience. It can create
sympathy, empathy, and understanding. I wanted to pair this horror
with something uplifting and beautiful, to create a way to remember.