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Monopole Memory takes its name from a hypothetical elementary particle that has only one magnetic pole. Magnetic monopoles, which do not exist in nature, have recently become part of a discovery in which scientists connected two regions of space so that a magnetic field can travel invisibly between them (link). It also takes its name from an experience had during a recent trip to New York by the artists Cécile B. Evans and Yuri Pattison.

As they walked along the south end of Union Square, Evans recalled the first time she had seen the Twin Towers. She was 18 and a plane was hitting one of the …