MJ_Project 1_bbarchi

By bbarchi (New York)

Michael Jackson was one of the most celebrated musicians of his time and throughout his career, he had a goal: “My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive, the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.” I aim to ensure this will continually be met by creating a stage for the world; a piece that represents him. An interactive monument that will truly represent his life’s work and be a piece that brings people together to enjoy his sounds and his movements.

Transcending Time

By DanLaster (Las Vegas, NV)

As books, art, and buildings on earth inevitably erode over the centuries, the bootprints left by the astronauts on the moon will likely be the only preserving evidence of intelligent life on Earth. Jackson’s moonwalk strides were measured to create a golden cenotaph that casts a shallow impression similar to the steps Neil Armstrong first took on the moon. While Armstrong’s step verifies the Earth’s scientific progress, Jackson’s memorial serves to commemorate humankind’s cultural triumphs.

One Dove

By chrismshelley (New York)

This monument demands to be big. In fact, anything we can build is too small. We must instead cover the globe with a monumental network, an event the size of the ideas it monumentalizes. We must also think big temporally. Through drastic alterations to both his body and his art, Michael Jackson defied the limitations of time. His dream was immortality, and he pursued it sincerely. Our monumental event must also survive longer than we can imagine to inspire those not yet born to dream bigger.

FLAWLESS the MICHAEL JACKSON satellite memorial

By MENDOZA (Boston, MA)

Michael Jackson was a transformative artist who wanted to live forever.  His fans know that his spirit will. Yet physical monuments give people the comfort of something tangible to visit, to watch, to follow, and to connect with.  The process of literally transforming the king of pop into a flawless diamond would be a fitting tribute to his everlasting cultural relevance.

Michael Jackson wished to touch as many people as possible while he had the chance. Rather than keep the M.J. Diamond on earth where it would be accessible…

Change the World

By jcrabb (USA)

This Michael Jackson Memorial embodies all that was Michael Jackson and allows his memory to live on for everyone to enjoy.  The memorial is a circular mirror that is 18,563 feet in diameter representing the number of days he spent on this planet.  It will orbit the earth with the sun, continuously reflecting the earth’s image.  Everyone will be able to look up in awe and remember the philosophies behind many of his songs, such as ‘Man in the Mirror’, ‘We are the World’ and ‘Change the World’.…

Eternal Rainbow Michael Jackson

By Maximiliano Ferro (Here)

“Eternal Rainbow Michael Jackson” commemorates the magic of living. Like a rainbow, the impact of his life and creativity is an intangible phenomenon that amazes those in its presence. This monument is a fountain that produces continual mist to facilitate the presence of a rainbow during the day, and at night the ambiance of ethereal illumination that embodies the effect of Michael’s life.

ONE LIGHT

By MBJK (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

AUGUST 28.Tomorrow, the planet will commemorate the King of Pop with the annual celebration called ONE LIGHT. The 24-hr event begins at midnight when thousands of multi-colored light tubes activate on the surface of the moon. These transparent vessels feature a brilliant display of lights, music, and videos of Michael’s greatest hits. Seen from Earth, this vibrant assortment appears as one light—as one monumental gesture to MJ. Because forever, his music will bring the world together.

RADIAURA: A Monu-moment for the King of Pop

By Stephanie Edwards and Erandi de Silva (London)

The rare power of Michael Jackson’s music is its indiscriminate mass appeal and innovation. To celebrate his talent, Radiaura ignites a global dance party that is given form through radio beam technology. It recreates fleeting atmospheres through the broadcast of his soundtrack alongside alternate radio beams that ignite the sky with an extensive artificial aura. The aura will envelope the earth in winding wisps and sheets of pulsating atmospheric light.

Renaming subway-lines in B-A-D

By Florian (Amsterdam)

Renaming the three subway-lines at Hoyt-Schermerhorn in B-A-D is the most subtle and at the same time most dignified honor to MJ and the terrific Bad-video. It wouldn’t be too difficult: A is already there. C and G would have to be swopped with B and D (coincidentally both on the orange line!). Since these two are mostly following the same way (up to the Bronx),they should be renamed anyway: Their letters sound too much the same and are causing misunderstandings in the noisy NYC subway stations.

Programmatic Memorial

By metric (Chicago)

While many monuments seek to immortalize their subject through form, for our design we chose to use program to fulfill this means. Being grounded to a modern conceptualization of a traditional memorial wall, each of the three platforms houses its own unique program. Through the synergistic interaction of the individual programs a sense of community is developed through the medium of music and performance.

transgression space

By brandt.knapp (new haven)

Michael defied this world and sought to open a public’s mind to a place beyond our customs, our rituals, our symbols - our lifestyles.  As king of Pop, he used these very things in a creative and progressive way to help us see differently.  Now he’s transgressed life itself and so it is only fitting for a memorial to transgress space itself.

Transgression space is in the world of the virtual.  It’s a space to keep making - where creative re-appropriation reigns.

Monument of Legend

By jdub5 (fort collins, co)

The Star of Michael is an abstract monument composed of a star split into 50 slices; each slice symbolizing a year of Michael Jackson’s life. As an abstract version of a timeline, the slices rise from the landscape containing images from his legendary musical career. Each slice is a different size and contains a different image of Michael. The proportion of the monument itself remains at a human scale encouraging a more personal connection between image and visitor.

Monolithic

By mdrakos (New York)

Monolithic like the ancient monuments dedicated to gods.
Massive proportions like his talent.
Black and white like the song.

The missing hat, gloves and iconic shoes, symbolize the fact that even now that Michael Jackson passed away and things that kept him in the spotlight, he will now be forgotten, as his memory (body), legacy, music and contribution to world music will go on.

On the back, a list with dates significant in Michael Jackson’s career.

MJ Monument

By ansenden (frankfurt)

The huge statue according to the messiah statue in Rio de Janeiro is surrounded by an amphitheatre like building which symbolizes the arena and stage that made him a larger than life figure,and gives visitors the opportunity to climb up the different stairways like the ways up and down in his career seeing the stations of his life.The statue is on a lower level than the entrance and seems to rise up like in his famous stage shows.His leg has additional stairs to climb on the statue.

Billy Jean Moonwalk

By Studio aki (London)

Recalling the height of Michael Jackson’s greatest commercial success, the site of The Billy Jean sidewalk relocates to an afro-moon. 

Rocket shuttles will take you there for a nostalgic shuffle along the illuminated sidewalk which exists in a metropolis rising out of a fro. 

In this town, filled with the magical musical moments which filled the man’s life,  the undisputed King of Pop will live forever.

Lift & Slide

By &a&k (London, UK)

Lift & Slide is a sculptural exploration of Michael Jackson’s infamous moonwalk. Proposed for the site of the O2 arena in London, it is formed of two parallel forms representing the definitive foot movements of the moonwalk.

Positioned at the end of a 50ft walkway dubbed ‘Moonwalk Way’, Lift & Slide is symbolic of Michael Jackson’s 50 years of life and the 50 shows he was due to perform there. Shimmering in the daylight, Lift & Slide illuminates at night to evoke the spectacle of performance.

Live forever- in the living city

By ANTI98 (Slovakia)

I am thinking what is the best place, to remember king of pop. It is not an abadoned place, it must be somewhere in the place with a lot of people- the city of New York (for example, but it can be anywhere else in the world).
I am wondering how would I remember him ( well the statue is something original). I have never met him , but I know his songs, so the words will be ok.
the melody of the songs - I have them in my head forever.
when will I remember him?
... anytime I go to the city

Vacuous Tears

By dawid pol (nyc)

Vacuous Tears questions society’s fascination with Celebrity rather than extolling a specific man. We propose a void with glass test tubes spaced apart on a 1x1 ft grid running the length of the space.  We encourage fans to send individual test tubes filled with their tears for MJ. Without followers, Celebrity is but an empty artifice. Our proposal celebrates the follower by exposing the devotion each individual has to a Celebrity but, also questions the power behind their tears.

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mj all over the world

By bbbbb (turkey)