The Monument - ACE363.3

Rachel Whiteread’s Studio, London, May 1996. Her VO saying that good memorials are difficult to make, and wants hers to be "open ended". Whiteread with piles of books, talking about her decisions on the design. Vienna, June 1996. Whiteread discussing details of the project with Wolfgang Baumüller from Werkstatt Kollerschlag. She voices concerns about the accuracy of the work being done. Whiteread in meeting of concrete manufacturers. VO of Andrea Schlieker, Project Co-ordinator, who says that Whiteread was often able to tell manufacturers and other experts how things could be done. Driving to Kollerschlag’s office. Whiteread is not happy about Baumüller’s role. Whiteread with contractors, drawing designs for the memorial’s doors. Whiteread making a ceiling rose as part of the planning for the manufacture of this feature of the memorial Her VO says that Baumüller brought the wrong kind of plaster, despite her careful instructions. The ceiling rose model laid out to give a perspective on the size of the final work. Excavations in Judenplatz. Whiteread’s VO describing local reaction, as well as anxieties about completion. Ortolf Harl, Chief Archaeologist, describes finding the remains of the synagogue, the entrance hall, the Torah shrine, and the bimah reading platform).