designforum, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna 2009
interactive installation 5000 x 3000 wood, stickers
There are not only many streets and squares bearing the names of individuals who are thus meant to receive a fixed place in our memories, but additionally there are numerous commemorative plaques, inscriptions and monuments in urban areas that are intented to remind us which events and individuals we once granted importance to, or still do.
Whoever destroys monuments destroys a society’s connection with its history. The Hague Convention was adopted in 1954 in order to protect cultural property from destruction or damage, as well as from theft, plunder, and other forms of illegal appropriation during a war or an armed conflict. Ever since then, cultural property has been marked with a special protective emblem.
With this in mind, public institutions decide in the public interest which objects should be regarded as cultural property. But what do you regard as indispensable? Visitors of the exhibition were given a sticker and were asked to choose their personal favorite.
Special thanks to Markus Hanzer
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