Ep. 56 - Memorials (Collaboration with Hi-Phi Nation)
When tragedy strikes an individual, a nation, or an entire people, artists and architects are tasked with designing a public display that memorializes the event and its victims. But how do you do that? In this episode, we explore the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, the Vietnam Veterans\u2019 Memorial in DC, the 9/11 Memorial, and others, to look at how respecting and remembering loss collides with the demands of history and politics. Why do abstract, rather than representational, memorials resonate more profoundly in recent years? And no matter how well done they are, will they inevitably lose their impact after a single generation?\n\nThis episode of The Lonely Palette was produced in collaboration with Slate\u2019s Hi-Phi Nation.\n\nMusic Used:\nThe Blue Dot Sessions, \u201cDrone Pine,\u201d \u201cTaoudella,\u201d \u201cThe Consulate,\u201d \u201cOur Fingers Cold,\u201d \u201cSlider\u201d\nSilver Maple, \u201cAfter the Rain\u201d\nMegan Wofford, \u201cAwake\u201d\nYi Nantiro, \u201cBlue Lantern\u201d\nChristian Nanzell, \u201cContraband\u201d\nGunnar Johnsen, \u201cDocuments 4\u201d\nFabien Tell, \u201cLiaison\u201d\nArden Forest, \u201cMonastral\u201d\nNiclas Gustavsson, \u201cMy Kind of Illusion 1\u201d\nNiclas Gustavsson, \u201cReflection 4\u201d\n\nEpisode webpage:\nhttps://bit.ly/3pkhoCI\n\nSupport the show:\nwww.patreon.com/lonelypalette