Wax Monuments | Wax, Wicks | 2017 - 2021
The Wax Monument series is a proposal for public sculpture. Traditionally, monuments are made to sit and collect a patina, as they withstand change, in an attempt to eternalize a particular reality. I am interested in visualizing change, and building monuments able to keep a living record of activity. By circulating and melting these miniature wax versions of famous monuments, people are given agency over these forms that are normally (legally) untouchable. As part of the series, I have been melting the form of these monuments down and allowing the wax to settle onto particular objects, or into the shape of certain maps.