Monuments as of 12/10/24

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2nd Floor Room, #232

Book Church Room

Childhood Dreams

Fish Height Chart on the Boardwalk

Igloo

Jabubu

Mautar Rangers

My Friends Apartment in D.C.

My Grandma's Backyard

Orange Couches

Paila Co Salon De Te

Papa’s Bedroom

The Castlelland Legend

The Rocks at Long Beach in Rockport, MA

The Salem Willows Park

The Window of Toys

Too Large Tables

Unnamed #1

Unnamed #2

Willows Park

Who Are We?

The Registry of Personal Monuments is an institution that acknowledges the value within space, critiques the role of authority within defining and naming places, and explores the relationship between space and memory. Through a public archive that encourages reflection and creativity, the Registry seeks to present and appreciate the value of spaces within our lives. All submissions are acknowledged as personal monuments, as The Registry believes everyone deserves to have their personal places of significance be recognized and remembered without the fear of rejection or dismissal.

When space holds value it become more than just physical space and is transformed into something that is named and remembered. Sometimes this value is simply functional - spaces that we use in certain ways or for specific reasons that turn them into significant landmarks. More often though, space becomes significant when it holds emotional value. It is human nature to associate space with emotion and memory. The spaces we exist within constantly play a role in our lives. They hold our experiences within them as we move through space and time. Some of these spaces become places of significance. They become personal monuments.

Monuments are typically managed, named, and built by those with political power or financial influence. The Registry of Personal Monuments is a means of reclaiming this power from the government and the wealthy. The Archive provides the general public with a way of acknowledging and appreciating the places in their lives that may go forever unnoticed otherwise. It is a recognition of space, a reflection of personal histories and mem ories, and nod to the seemingly ordinary.

Lydia Allende
Beata Belogovsky
Ben Lawson