As if Nothing Could Fall

From the epic megastructure to the fleeting memorial, the writers assembled here explore the mechanisms of monuments, the carving of totems to mark the passage of time, from the grand narratives of history to the intimate personal memories prompted by a photo album, a car ride, a gate. Throughout there appears a profound curiosity and questioning of not just the multivalent meanings of monuments but also of the importance and fragility of the forces that seem to hold them in place. A compilation of recollections, a sequence of encounters with monuments of all shapes and sizes.