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Memory Remains by Francesc Torres marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 at the Imperial War Museum London

LONDON.- The Imperial War Museum London brings you Memory Remains, a bold new photographic exhibition by artist Francesc Torres to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks, featuring over 150 projected images displayed alongside the first section of raw rusted steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center on display in the UK. The piece, over two metres in length is comprised of beams from the external walls of the building, and is thought to be the box section from one of the windows. Following the devastating attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the recovery effort began and the 16-acre site underwent the careful and lengthy process of being cleared. A small group of architects and curators slowly began to fill the empty shell of Hangar 17 at John F Kennedy International Airport with debris and material cleared from the site, transforming it