Design Plan
The Lamenting Cloud
- Description
- Foam core submission board designed for the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition in 2003, titled “The Lamenting Cloud.” This design plan was inspired by the dust cloud but imagines a new kind of sonic cloud created from a field of totemic chimes, one for each victim. These chimes are harmonically engineered and would include a space for information about the victims. Additionally, a glass finial would rest at the top of each chime, the height of which correlating to the age of the victim.
- Accession Number: C.2021.58.4360
- Dimensions: 40 in X 30 in
- Dimensions (Metric): 101.6 cm X 76.2 cm
- Source: Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
- Credit Line: Collection 9/11 Memorial Museum
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