beautiful modern war memorials —
The Fallen by Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss, Normandy, 2013
If the overwhelmingly positive response to 14-18 NOW programming is any indication (16.7 million turned off their lights as part of Lights Out), there is a tangible desire for memorials that appeal to the public in a new, engaging way.
"There is extraordinary thirst for doing something participative," Waldman says. "We've been impressed and rather astonished by the public appetite for these works of art."
British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss experienced this firsthand last year when their call for volunteers to create The Fallen, an installation of 9000 silhouettes on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate all lives lost on D-Day, attracted hundreds instead of the dozens they'd been anticipating.