past statements
series:
15 Aug 22 — 28 Feb 23
Urban space Munich
Steinbrener / Dempf & Huber: "Victory Spikes" © Foto: Tobias Hase
A project to deal with monuments that have become questionable because of their sometimes violence-glorifying and excluding visual language.
The single projects
Ein Ort für ein Wort. Ein Wort für einen Ort (Ein Zeitzeichen)
A place for a word. A Word for a Place (A Sign of Time)
Michele Bernardi
since 15 August extended until 28 February 2023
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft
Landesentwicklung und Energie
Prinzregentenstraße 28, 80538 München
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Maria Luiko, Trauernde, 1938
Maria Luiko, Mourner, 1938
Michaela Melián
19 September to 18 November
Alter Botanischer Garten
Elisenstraße
80333 München
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Victory Spikes
Steinbrener / Dempf & Huber
21 September to 19 November
Siegestor
80539 München
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past monument: Herabsetzung als Kunst – eine Analyse
past monument: disparagement as art – an analysis
Department for public appearances
9 September to 10 November
Billboards in urban space
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#MakeUsVisible x denkFEmale
XRE (Extended Reality Ensemble, New York) and denkFEmale (München)
30 September to 31 October
Urban space Munich
Opening on 30 September at Monacensia in the Hildebrandhaus
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past statements – present futures
Forum and accompanying program
7 to 9 October
Haus der Kunst
Prinzregentenstraße 1
80538 München
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Background
Monuments carry messages that are still relevant today, or they sometimes convey content that has long been outdated or is deliberately rejected: They glorify war and violence, celebrate heroes of bygone times, convey prejudices and exclude people. They have become questionable.
With the series “past statements. Denkmäler in der Diskussion” (past statements. Debate on monuments), Munich is picking up on the international and local discussion about monuments worth discussing and stimulating critical, polyphonic and creative debates on the forms and content of remembrance in a diverse and democratic urban society. The program is a cooperation between Public Art München and Public History München.
It includes decentralised events at individual controversial locations, artistic interventions in public spaces and the forum “past statements – present futures” (7 to 9 October 2022), an international event in cooperation with Haus der Kunst.