SHRINES: PUBLIC WEAPONS IN AMERICA (United States 2008)
What happens with weapons that have lost their original function? In America some of them are displayed on town squares, in parks and at military bases and armouries. They are transformed into monuments, tourist attractions, historical artefacts or playground equipment. That raised questions in Paul Shambroom’s mind. Why is an instrument of death used as a memorial? Does it help the community in processing its loss? Does it inspire new generations of warriors? And when these weapons weather-beaten, do they lose their associations with death and warfare? Do we learn anything about the wars that are now being fought by looking at the relics of previous wars? With SHRINES he lays the same questions before us.
