The term anti-monument reveals the contemporary need to formulate expressions that give meaning to alternative ideas and practices related to the monumental tradition. A process that is confirmed in the recent academic literature, which is full of terms aimed at identifying a new type of monument, defined as counter-monument, non-monument or anti-monument, and often used as synonyms to present oppositional approaches to subjects, forms, traditional places, values and experiences.
Where the monument glorifies a person or event, anti-monuments commemorate weakness rather than strength, and their form contrasts with traditional design and perseverance. The monument has a prominent and separate position from the space of everyday life; on the other hand, the anti-monuments blend into the urban fabric and invite the community to a physical encounter.
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Michle Liparesi in collaboration with TIST – This Is So Temporary – situation, Museo Spazio Pubblico, 29 April – 22 May 2022
