Kent State 4 May Memorial Design Competition 05, Section and Partial Plan of the Wall
- Title:
- Kent State 4 May Memorial Design Competition 05, Section and Partial Plan of the Wall
- Collection:
- John Clair Miller
- Designer:
- John Clair Miller
- Project Owner:
- Kent State University, Ohio
- Date:
- 1990
- Site:
- Kent State University
- Location:
- Kent, Portage, Ohio, United States (inhabited place)
Kent State University - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- JCM_KS4_009
- File Name:
- JCM_KS4_009.jpg
- Project Title:
- Kent State 4 May Memorial Design Competition 05
- Project Type:
- Competition Entry
- Culture:
- American
- Style/Period:
- Contemporary
- Work Type:
- plan
- Materials/Techniques:
- graphite
paper - Subject:
- memorials
black-and-white (colors)
text (layout feature)
general lighting
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970 - Image View Description:
- Section and Partial Plan of the Wall
- Description:
- Design a memorial for the four students who were killed by Ohio National Guard soldiers during a mass, student protest on campus in 1970. The site was a wooded knoll at the end of a large, central, common green area on the Kent State campus.
The intent of the design was to create a garden of elements that depicted the tragedy of the massacre that occurred on the campus. The design focused on a long formidable ‘garden wall’ separating the common green area from the wooded knoll. The wall represented the confrontation, and was punctured by a series of ordered openings representing gun sights. Behind the wall stands a series of freestanding fragmented piers that represent individual Ohio National Guard soldiers. [The ‘presence’ of the soldiers was used to illustrate the fine line between students and soldiers.] The wall was penetrated by four large openings with stairs leading through the wall to four standing wall segments at the top of the wooded glen. The four lighted wall segments were inscribed with the names of the four individuals who were killed. All elements were constructed of cut gray and green granite stone. - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the John Clair Miller Collection (here presented as “Projects”, “Competitions” and “Collages”) and the John Clair Miller Image Collection of Twentieth-Century Architecture in Iceland are protected by copyright, and the copyright holder is their creator/photographer, John Clair Miller. Images in the John Clair Miller Collection were created between 1962-2007, and were digitized by Cornell University Library. Images in the John Clair Miller Image Collection of Twentieth-Century Architecture in Iceland date from 2001-2007, and were digitized from 35mm slides by Cornell University Library in 2016. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.