Island of Memory > Island of Memory: : Memorializing as a Catalysis for Social Change
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There were many reasons for locating the memorial in Charleston, South Carolina. One of which was that Charleston was the largest slave port in North America till 1840. Statistics have also acknowledged that nearly 50% percent of all African Americans living in the United States can trace their family back to the port of Charleston.
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The site that I chose for the memorial is an island located ¾ of a mile east of the port of Charleston.
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This image illustrates of the entry sequence to the island. People will be dropped off by boat and be shuttled into a dark and mysterious space.
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This image is illustrating of the entry of the museum. The façade and apertures are abstractions of traditional West African architecture.
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This image illustrates of the idea of captivity as one passes through the memorials exhibits.
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This image illustrates a space that is analogous to the hull of a slave ship. Physical environment and atmospherics are used to create the implication of being fearful or timid.
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This image illustrates a space that symbolizes the auctioning blocks where mothers and fathers were separated from their children in horrific forms of public theater.
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This image is of the memorials great hall, which leads to a space of physical and emotional enlightenment whereby the viewer is removed from dark and dank spaces of the previous exhibits and placed into a place of light and clarity symbolizing the abolishment of slavery.
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This image illustrates a space where African Americans can come to research slavery and trace their history back through modern methods of genetic ancestry.
Forgive but Never Forget.
