The New Memorials
2023 - Ongoing
Aurora Movie Theater, 2012, 12 dead
One armed gunman, later identified as 25-year-old James Holmes, opened fire at a midnight showing of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises," killing 12 and leaving 70 wounded.
Columbine High School, 1999, 15 dead
Two armed teens went on a shooting rampage April 20, killing 12 students and one teacher, and wounding more than 20 others. After the attack, gunmen Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, killed themselves. At the time, this was the largest school shooting in U.S history.
Chuck E. Cheese, 1993, 4 dead
On Dec. 14, 19-year-old gunman and former employee Nathan Dunlap opened fire on the staff of an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese, killing four and injuring one employee.
Club Q, 2022, 5 dead
One armed gunman, 23-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, opened fire at a LGBTQ+ nightclub shooting in Colorado Springs, killing 5 and leaving 18 injured.
A project that takes timestamped images from locations where mass shootings have occurred and are reshaped into visual monuments. Images are sourced from Google Maps. I have chosen different timestamps of the sites, before, during, and after the shootings. I then cut out, collage, and scan the images to create a monument.
When a mass shooting takes place, the aura of the location changes permanently, especially for the locals of the area. A place that was part of people’s everyday routine, a place that was safe, that carried happy memories, becomes a memorial where people mourn and grieve.
The history of war memorials in the United States has recently come up as a controversial topic, as many American memorials have been removed from public spaces due to their association with racism. What will the future memorials look like for the United States?
This project is temporarily focused on mass shootings in Colorado but will eventually expand to other states.
Archival Inkjet Print Collage
8” x 11.5” inches
Colorado Mass Shootings
October 2022
Archival Found Footage Film