Monument to Fallen Stars is a tribute to fading celestial bodies and outmoded civic lighting. The installation transforms 78 retired City of Calgary streetlights into a dynamic tapestry of grounded constellations. Viewers enter the field of sodium streetlights strewn across an empty parking lot, exploring the space as lights buzz slowly on and off around them. At first, the formation of lights appears haphazard – like a gravesite for fallen infrastructure. In the centre of the site, a small wooden platform holds three telescopes. Trained at a high-up mirror on the wall of a nearby building, when viewers look up through the telescope, they see their surroundings reflected back on a macro scale. ...
 

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