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Telling History

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New York State Historical Markers Commemorating historical events, as understood and told at the time . . . 1932 1940 Not dated 2013 2020 The "On This Site Stood" series . . . . . . consists of sculptures and photoshop mockups by Norm Magnusson that subvert the format of the typical roadside historical marker to add the weight of historical importance to some of today's most pressing issues. The environment U.N. Markers (A collaboration with Jennifer Breslin - looking back from the year 2035 or 2040) Future Conditional This is a series that imagines the lives that might have been lived had they not been cut short by lynching. For more about this body of work, click here . Augmented Reality Some current augmented reality 'installations' with 'historical' markers. Jennifer Breslin and Norm Magnusson Below: a 3-d scan of a cast aluminum and acrylic paint sculpture, "installed" in front of Tops. Below:  a Photoshop mockup png file "installed...