Here is an image of Brian Knep's 2006 installation "Deep Wounds" in Harvard University's Memorial Hall. The hall's purpose is to commemorate soldiers who died during the civil war and were also Harvard Graduates. I find this piece much more stimulating than Knep's other pieces using this technology because it is clearly linked to an idea and not just a play thing that belongs at the Museum of Science. The reason these men's names are put into the building in the first place is so that they are not forgotton, but the Hall was built in 1878 so the idea of lives sacrificed can become abstract. Knep is bringing the soldiers back into our conscience mind; "Deep Wounds" is very clearly communicating to the viewer/participant the power of what these men gave to us.
13 February 2009
Brian Knep
Here is an image of Brian Knep's 2006 installation "Deep Wounds" in Harvard University's Memorial Hall. The hall's purpose is to commemorate soldiers who died during the civil war and were also Harvard Graduates. I find this piece much more stimulating than Knep's other pieces using this technology because it is clearly linked to an idea and not just a play thing that belongs at the Museum of Science. The reason these men's names are put into the building in the first place is so that they are not forgotton, but the Hall was built in 1878 so the idea of lives sacrificed can become abstract. Knep is bringing the soldiers back into our conscience mind; "Deep Wounds" is very clearly communicating to the viewer/participant the power of what these men gave to us.
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