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TIMELINE OF EVENTS2009
Nov 5, 2009
Parttaking in a workshop at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Alnarp for a research project about memorials in urban environments. link
Oct 5 -19, 2009
Study trip to Damascus, Ramallah, Jerusalem and Betlehem with The Royal Art Academy in Stockholm. Take part in the Riwaq biennale.
Aug 18 - 26, 2009
Research trip to D-Day landing beaches in Normandy and Caen Mémorial.
April 4, 2009
Lecture about the project at KTH School of Architecture in Stockholm.
2008
Oct 10, 2008
Lecture about the project at Box Gallery in Göteborg.
May 18 - Oct 19, 2008
The first full scale test of the master plan is presented at the exhibition Loss at Wanås. The show includes the video "The Polynational War Memorial, Part 3: the Interfaith Centre".
Jan 15 - feb 15 2008
The first animated video "The Polynational War Memorial, Part 3: the Interfaith Centre" is exhibitied at the Clarion Hotel in stockholm
2007
May 2007
Sara Stiber and Andreas Karlsson present their exam work and bachelor thesis at Malmö University's School of Art and Communication, in which they use the Polynational War Memorial as an example. Read more at stiber.se and their research blog.
April 20, 2007
Lecture about
the Polynational War Memorial at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
March 22, 2007
The fourth issue of articles is published on the website, including a long essay by Kieran Long and a report from the Dossin-Mechelen workshop.
March 13-18, 2007
Jon Brunberg was invited to lecture about the Polynational War Memorial and tutor a group of architect master students at the Dossin-Mechelen workshop in Mechelen-Belgium.
2006
Dec 2006
The Dutch architecture magazine A10 publishes an article about project written by Claes Sörstedt.
August 2006
A commission is given to the group Raumlabor for the university/museum/conference complex, the UniMuNe.
January 2006
A commission is given to the group Servo for the main memorial.
September 2005
The design phase of a proposal for a polynational war memorial starts with a commission to the Swedish architect firm Testbedstudio. Read more here!
2005
May 5 - June 6, 2005
Visits Berlin to document the 60th anniversary of the
end of World War II and the opening of the Holocaust
Memorial in central Berlin. A
series of articles are published on the web site
during this period.
January 15, 2005
The second issue of articles are published on the web
site. The theme is commemoration events and efforts
to establish civilian casualties regarding the war in
Iraq and includes interviews with Ruth
Boswell of the Stop the War Coalition in the UK, Mary
Zerkel of the Eyes Wide Open exhibit and John
Sloboda, initator of the Iraq Body Count project.
November 1, 2004
The first issue of articles are presented on the web
site www.war-memorial.net. It includes interviews with
Australian architect Peter Tonkin and Irish artist Hilary
Gilligan.
May 2004
I receive a substantial stipend from the Swedish Art
Grant Committee for the Polynational War Memorial project.
March 2004
I was invited to hold a one-week course at the School
of Architecture in Stockholm with this project as a
starting point. Students were assigned the task to create
a proposal for a Polynational War Memorial which should
address at least on of the issues regarding accessibility,
differences of cultural expression or location. The
proposals are presented briefly in the article "Drafts
for a Multilateral War Memorial" on this site
which also features a special presentation of participant Kristina
Cedrins' proposal.
October 4 - 26, 2003
Solo exhibition at Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavik. This
solo exhibit featured an animation titled "101
Years", which shows all wars in the 20th century
on 32 seconds. The animation was projected onto one
of the walls in the largest room of the gallery. The
animation was also shown at a one-day open studios event
at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios in Dublin on September
6, 2003. More information about these events can be
found at www.brunberg.se.
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The Polynational War Memorial Project is initiated and run by artist Jon Brunberg with generous support from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.
Please e-mail jon[AT]brunberg.se if you have any questions or use the form on the contact page.
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