MONUMENTS
of the DISCLOSED
Augmented Reality Experience
Welcome to the AR public art component of Ahmet Öğüt's Monuments of the Disclosed. To access the experience below, use your phone to scan the QR codes, or click the links if you're already on a mobile device. Don't forget to post and tag @artw__rld on social media.
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
While a senior policy analyst at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Marsha Coleman-Adebayo blew the whistle on an American chemical company for exposing South African miners to toxic levels of vanadium.
Marlene Garcia-Esperat
Marlene Garcia-Esperat was a whistleblower turned investigative journalist murdered for her efforts in exposing large-scale government corruption in the Philippines’ Department of Agriculture.
Bunny Greenhouse
During the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, chief civilian contracting officer Bunnatine “Bunny” Greenhouse raised concerns about major irregularities in a no-bid, no-compete contract being awarded to KBR-Halliburton, an act that ushered in sweeping reforms to laws governing no-bid, sole-source government contracts.
Mona Hanna-Attisha
Mona Hanna-Attisha is a pediatrician, scientist, and author whose research helped uncover the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
Li Wenliang
Chinese ophthalmologist Li Wenliang was one of the first individuals to raise concerns over the danger of Covid-19.
Phillip Saviano
Phillip Saviano was a survivor of clergy sex abuse who helped reveal the Catholic Church’s cover-up of decades-long predatory abuse of children by priests.
Karen Silkwood
Karen Silkwood blew the whistle on corporate negligence of workers’ health and safety at a Kerr-McGee nuclear power plant in the 1970s.
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Aaron Swartz
Programmer, activist, entrepreneur, and writer Aaron Swartz developed and founded multiple companies and technologies aimed to provide free and open access to internet resources.
Kimberly Young-McLear
Lieutenant Commander Kimberly Young-McLear blew the whistle on discriminatory behaviors in the United States Coast Guard and, in turn, initiated multiple reforms aimed at improving how discrimination and harassment claims are investigated by the Coast Guard.
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Inspired by the acts of multiple truth-tellers, artist Ahmet Öğüt collaborated with Artwrld to create Monuments of the Disclosed.
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