Cities & Memory
A city retains small traces of its past that sit in plain view of any who cares to take a moment and reflect on these shadows of what used to be. They can be ignored for years or even decades as one makes their way through the city streets on the way to work or school but occasionally they pop into one’s field of view and refuse to be ignored. Once one has noticed one these odd artifacts of the forgotten past, it will now grab your attention each time one sees it again, asking you to ponder its mystery. Sometimes these are remnants of buildings that were incompletely torn down or repurposed for new uses that don’t need that particular door or window. Sometimes they’re just shadows of the mounts for fire escapes or signs that have outlived their need or sometimes they’re just inexplicable art or artifacts whose original intent and meaning escape analysis.