Examining the current state of public memorials using duplicates of monument sections encourages comparison with an original. Fractures and corruptions in the replicas echo the gaps within accepted historical narratives.

Sections of photographs are cut away from the newspaper. The holes reveal images on the next visible page. These combinations conglomerate events and geographic locations.

Each collage combines select images of the human figure printed within a week’s newspaper. The images are cut by hand directly from the print edition, then reassembled into intricate abstracted compositions.

Founded in 2013 with artist/architect Marianne Desmarais, Kabot+Desmarais’s architectural-scale projects highlight intersections between patterns, textile structures, and scientific models.