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- PERSH_220321_52.JPG: A Soldier's Journey
In front of you is an illustration of the sculpture that will be installed in this space in 2024. "A Soldier's Journey" depicts a series of scenes based on the myth of "the hero's journey," in which a recurring figure of an American soldier embarks on a quest, wins victory in an epic struggle, and comes home changed by his passage through peril. The soldier also represents, on a second level, the American experience of World War I. This illustration shows the artistic process from initial sketch, to clay sculpture, to finished bronze.
The sculpture is the work of Sabin Howard, who together with architect Joseph Weishaar won the competition to redesign Pershing Park as a national World War I memorial. Howard began by viewing thousands of photographs of the war. He then brought actors and models into his studio, where he posed them in scenes inspired by his research. Rather than putting them into static, artificial poses, he gave them stage directions to move through a scene, and then captured the motion in more than 12,000 photos.
Howard then selected and assembled images into a series of tableaus. As Howard took new photos and revised the images, the story evolved. The process culminated in a six-foot-long scale model or "maquette" of the proposed sculpture.
Once the maquette was approved, Howard re-shot every figure in a rig holding 160 high-speed digital cameras. Working with Pangolin Editions foundry and Steve Russell Studios, Howard generated 3-D computer images from the terabytes of digital data. Pangolin then created full-scale polyurethane versions of the images, which formed the armatures for the sculpture. This process, which took about 15 months to complete, would have taken six years using traditional methods.
Howard then applied clay to the armatures and began sculpting the figures. As each of four sections is completed, it is cast in bronze. When all four sections have been cast, they will be re-assembled and shipped here for installation.
- PERSH_220529_05.JPG: Workers had been doing some work beneath the memorial.
- PERSH_220529_07.JPG: I had never seen the maintenance door open before.
- PERSH_220529_09.JPG: WWI Memorial "Visit or Guide" Smartphone App
Please download and use the free guide while visiting the National WWI Memorial.
The "Visitor Guide" takes your WWI Memorial experience to the next level with Memorial tour information, videos, audio narratives and Augmented Reality features. Explore, interact, learn, and enjoy.
- PERSH_220529_42.JPG: I have no idea what the stain is around the base.
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- Wikipedia Description: National World War I Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National World War I Memorial is a national memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I. The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to build the memorial in Pershing Park, located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The park, which has existed since 1981, also contains the John J. Pershing General of the Armies commemorative work. In January 2016, the design commission selected the submission "The Weight of Sacrifice", by a team consisting of Joseph Weishaar, Sabin Howard, Phoebe Lickwar, and GWWO Architects, as the winning design, which is expected to be completed by 2024.
On April 16, 2021, the flag was raised at the memorial and President Biden spoke at a virtual ceremony opening it to the public.
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