WASUREMONO
Things That are Lost or Forgotten | Memorial Study
Wasuremono is a distillation of perspectives regarding the socio-historical analyses of monuments, the ephemeral qualities of memory, and the definition of trauma, in, and filtered through The Battle of Okinawa. The site is situated in the city of Osaka, Japan. The complexities surrounding the battle include a history of Okinawan diaspora, the existing representations of the event, and the trauma inherited by the post WWII generation. This thesis contends that memory is not indigenous to site; the intervention is situated within the context of Osaka Bay. The images, events, and architectures in Wasuremono are derived from a narrative represented through film. The narrative conveys history, memory, and myth to inquire into the challenges of representing the ineffable. Ultimately, this project seeks to sift through the detritus of time and architecture to propose the necessary venture to an impossible destination.