LOUISE BOURGEOIS AND PETER ZUMTHOR/ STEILNESET MEMORIAL

This book documents a unique collaboration between the artist L. Bourgeois and the architect P. Zumthor. The Steilneset Memorial, op ened in 2011, is a monument in Vardø, Norway, commemorating the 17th-century trial and execution of 91 women for witchcraft.The brai nchild of the National Tourist Routes project in Norway, the Steilneset Memorial started out as a modest monument to honor the victi ms of the witchcraft trials, to be built on the site where the burnings originally took place. But the project, which would be Bourg eois las...[Read more]