Project name: Ed Johnson Memorial
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Landscape Architect: Ross Fowler
Artist: Jerome Meadows
Lighting Design: CD+M, Carrie Walker PM + lead design
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Landscape Architect: Ross Fowler
Artist: Jerome Meadows
Lighting Design: CD+M, Carrie Walker PM + lead design
The Ed Johnson Memorial honors the life of Ed Johnson, an African American man murdered by a lynch mob in Chattanooga in 1906. It serves to promote racial healing and reconciliation for Mr. Johnson and three other men lynched unjustly in Chattanooga: Alfred Blount, Charles Brown, and Charles Williams. The three figures in the main area of the memorial are Ed Johnson and his two lawyers, Styles Hutchins and Noah Parden. In addition, the memorial recognizes the resulting U.S. Supreme Court case that established federal oversight of state level civil rights issues.
I worked with the artist and designers from Ross Fowler to mock up specific lighting effects, in order to enhance the visual story being told by the memorial components. We looked at how shadows might read from various angles on the faces and hands of the sculptures when placed at different setbacks, with various angles and fixture accessories. Careful consideration was also given to the installation of fixtures within the walls that light four bronze plaques which tell Mr. Johnson's story. Specific fixtures were chosen to light the three silhouette sculptures placed along the "stream of history".
This memorial is placed beside the bridge on which Ed Johnson was murdered, but coincidentally the site is now one of the city's most visited areas.
I worked with the artist and designers from Ross Fowler to mock up specific lighting effects, in order to enhance the visual story being told by the memorial components. We looked at how shadows might read from various angles on the faces and hands of the sculptures when placed at different setbacks, with various angles and fixture accessories. Careful consideration was also given to the installation of fixtures within the walls that light four bronze plaques which tell Mr. Johnson's story. Specific fixtures were chosen to light the three silhouette sculptures placed along the "stream of history".
This memorial is placed beside the bridge on which Ed Johnson was murdered, but coincidentally the site is now one of the city's most visited areas.