'Instant Stonehenge' in VR: Re-creation of the 1960 FDR Memorial

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About

My late father, Norman Hoberman, was the sculptor for the winning entry of the 1960 F.D.R. Memorial competition, which was sadly never realized. A brilliant but controversial modernist masterpiece, the design was dubbed ‘Instant Stonehenge’ in the popular press, and was ultimately left unbuilt, brought down by the opposition of Roosevelt’s descendants. My project is to re-create the memorial as a virtual reality experience, so that it can finally be experienced immersively at scale.

Impact

The unrealized design for the FDR Memorial would have transformed mid-20th century Washington DC, bringing it fully into the modern era. A VR recreation could give an inkling of the optimism and grandeur it embodied, qualities in short supply today.

Team

Perry Hoberman

Funding

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Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/1674275602306x236338645535767900
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