The African Burial Ground Memorial : walking among African graves, speaking through the ground

Author

Bermann, Karen; Centuori, Jeanine; Wilson, Mabel O. (Contributor)

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Assemblage. 1995, Num. 26, 88-93, 7 ill.; 1 map

ISSN

0889-3012

Abstract (en)

The project (winning entry) was designed by Karen Bermann and Jeanine Centuori as a response to the African burial ground memorial competition call for ideas, sponsored in the fall of 1993, to commemorate the unmarked and forgotten burial ground of 18th c. Africans and African-Americans in New York City. In 1991 this site reemerged in the course of excavation for the construction of a federal office tower. It is in lower Manhattan, just above City Hall, and covers approximately five acres. A transformation of all sidewalk surfaces and certain metal elements (including manhole covers) that are part of the street surface is proposed.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- New media -- United States
• African Americans
• Commemorative monuments
• United States
• New York (NY, USA)
• Public art
• 1700-1800
• Africans
• Cemeteries
• Bermann, Karen, 20th c.

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Nouvelles formes artistiques -- États-Unis
• Afro-Américains
• Monument commémoratif
• Etats-Unis
• New York (NY, USA)
• Art public
• 1700-1800
• Africains
• Cimetière
• Bermann, Karen, 20~e s.

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19960101-00281805

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