iraqimemorial.org EFA Projects, NYC

Curated by Joseph DeLappe
What is iraqimemorial.org?
iraqimemorial.org was launched in 2007 as a web-based
platform for artists, designers, and architects to propose concepts for
imagined memorials to the unrecognized civilian casualties incurred
during the war in Iraq.  Conceived of by media artist Joseph DeLappe,
iraqimemorial.org was initially created in reaction to the World Trade
Memorial Competition website launched in 2004 to commemorate “the
thousands of innocent men, women and children murdered by terrorists.”
From September 9 through October 22nd, 2011, EFA Project Space will present 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 will present 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.
Artists:
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.
For press inquiries, please contact Michelle Levy, Director, EFA Project Space at [email protected].
Related Events:
Performances
A number of performance by iraqimemorial.org artists will take place during the opening and throughout the show: Jack Toolin will be collecting photos of participants for My Space for Your Life, an ongoing creation of Facebook pages for deceased Iraqi civilians. Chuck Chaney will perform the durational One Was Too Many,  folding many tiny tissues in the representation of a flag folding ceremony. 
Mark Skwarek and John Craig Freeman will premiere The U.S./Iraq War Memorial, an augmented reality public art project, which allows the public to view 3D caskets representing losses on both sides of the conflict.
 
Panel Discussion
Thursday, October 20th at 7pm, EFA Project Space                                                                             
iraqimemorial.org - On the Efficacy of Creative Remembrance
The panel discussion will be moderated by project director and
exhibition curator Joseph DeLappe, and include juror Yaelle Amir, and
artists Wafaa Bilal and Sayoko Yoshida.  A wide-ranging discussion will
ensue regarding the efficacy of the conceptualization and realization of
contemporary memorials, monuments and counter-monuments to the victims of war.