RECONSTRUCTING HISTORY : SELWYN BACHUS
HISTORY HERITAGE : RACHEL COULOMB
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS “Reconstructing History” is placed in the confederate cemetery and aims to highlight and sift through the oppositions between the constructed narrative of the confederacy and the reality of it’s defeat, while foregrounding black heritage. The form and program surround and belittle the monument by referencing the major battles in Arkansas’ civil war history (all Union victories) and the history of Black Arkansans since their liberation in 1865.