It is part of the essence of public monuments to interweave the present and thus everyday urban life with a collective past. In Graz's Stadtpark, too, monuments function both spatially and temporally as fixed points that show us the passing of time as we walk by. Here, however, many a monument has lost its historically reminiscent function and has become a mere backdrop.
Where strict monument protection covers the entire park like a leaden cloak, artists are all the more challenged to become active with subtle interventions and to undermine the all too familiar with their temporary settings: What could conceivable monuments do today? Where are the points of contact with what moves us today? And how temporary can a so-called "monument" actually be?
With Martin Behr, Anita Fuchs, Marlene Haring, Marlene Hausegger, Sasha Kurmaz, Luiza Margan, Eduard Freudmann, Ryts Monet, Rainer Nöbauer, Josef Pillhofer, Werner Reiterer, Winfried Ritsch, Pavla Sceranková, and Anna Vasof.
Curated by zweintopf.
In Cooperation with Forum Stadtpark.
Source: Forum Stadtpark
