From the Ted Talk by Matt Kenyon: A secret memorial for civilian casualties
Unscramble the Blue Letters
It's estimated that between 150,000 to one million Iraqis, civilians, have died as a result of the US-led invasion in 2003. That number is in stark contrast with the 4,486 US service members who died during that same window of time. I wanted to do more than just bring answaeres to this terrifying number. I wanted to create a monument for the individual ciiilavns who died as a result of the invasion.
Monuments to war, such as Maya Lin's vtniaem Memorial, are often eoomrnus in scale. Very pfouerwl and very one-sided. I wanted my monument to live in the world, and to circulate. I remember when I was a boy in school, my teacher assigned us this classic civics assignment where you take a seeht of paper and you wtire a member of your government. And we were told, if we wrote a really good letter, if we really thought about it, we would get back more than just a simple fromed lteter as a reply.
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It's estimated that between 150,000 to one million Iraqis, civilians, have died as a result of the US-led invasion in 2003. That number is in stark contrast with the 4,486 US service members who died during that same window of time. I wanted to do more than just bring _________ to this terrifying number. I wanted to create a monument for the individual _________ who died as a result of the invasion.
Monuments to war, such as Maya Lin's _______ Memorial, are often ________ in scale. Very ________ and very one-sided. I wanted my monument to live in the world, and to circulate. I remember when I was a boy in school, my teacher assigned us this classic civics assignment where you take a _____ of paper and you _____ a member of your government. And we were told, if we wrote a really good letter, if we really thought about it, we would get back more than just a simple ____________ as a reply.
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Original Text
It's estimated that between 150,000 to one million Iraqis, civilians, have died as a result of the US-led invasion in 2003. That number is in stark contrast with the 4,486 US service members who died during that same window of time. I wanted to do more than just bring awareness to this terrifying number. I wanted to create a monument for the individual civilians who died as a result of the invasion.
Monuments to war, such as Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial, are often enormous in scale. Very powerful and very one-sided. I wanted my monument to live in the world, and to circulate. I remember when I was a boy in school, my teacher assigned us this classic civics assignment where you take a sheet of paper and you write a member of your government. And we were told, if we wrote a really good letter, if we really thought about it, we would get back more than just a simple formed letter as a reply.