A Memorial the a few Ghosts of Paris
The memorial I created is consisted of two parts: one in-situ and one in the shape of a guidebook.
In-Situ
In front of the emplacement of each ghost monument, stands a transparent sheet, on which is embedded the structure of what was there before. Each sheet is attached to the location by a string and on the floor, are two footsteps, showing where the visitor should stand and hold the transparent sheet.
A QR code is placed next to it, linked to a PDF file explaining what the monument was both in English and French.
The Instagram handle @ghostsofparis underneath the QR code is to relate the visitors to the memorial via a social platform, on which the same pictures and explanations are posted. The idea of creating the Instagram account was to take the memorial to another step, and be able to upload more content about ghosts of Paris, as there are so many more that can be discovered.
The Guidebook
The Guidebook part of the memorial is created for the ones that are invested in the idea of the ghosts of Paris, as I also address the reasons why I chose these spots and the infrastructures.
The idea behind it is that it might serve one day as a memorial for some ideas and my stories, connecting myself and the structures once again.
click here to read the guidebook
Our modern era is one that is dominated by technology. The first phases of my memorial were to link photography and time, therefore technology and time. As I tried to understand why most people couldn’t relate to things anymore, I realized that it was because we didn’t know how to connect with them.
By using QR codes and Instagram, my memorial can be seen on our phones, at the same place of the infrastructure or as a digital memorial, free to be accessed anywhere via an international social platform like Instagram at any given time.
However, a material memorial still exists with the guidebook, something that will remain and not get lost in the billions of digits of the web, something that has been in use when the ghosts were structures.
