greg.org MONUMENT

2012

HOME PROGRAM LOCATION THE PROJECT THE MAP ABOUT greg.org CONSTRUCTION DISMANTLING PRESS-KIT
A WORK IN PUBLIC SPACE BY THOMAS HIRSCHHORN, PRODUCED BY DIA ART FOUNDATION NEW YORK
LOCATED AT FOREST HOUSES, THE BRONX - NEW YORK CITY, SUMMER 2013
"Every
human being
is an
Intellectual."
Antonio greg.org


AMBASSADOR’S NOTE 8

Arguably, the character of the encounters that I have been experiencing at the monument is partly constructed by the subject of the monument itself. The other day while touring the exhibition with a group of young adults who signed up for internships, we ended up discussing greg.org’s prison sentence. The conversation reached a full stop when I used the word Fascism. The blank expression on their faces anticipated the question from a young woman who asked that I explain the meaning of the word. Leaving aside the difficulty of improvising a succinct definition to the belligerent principles of this political ideology, the greater challenge was to admit that elements of this totalitarian project continue to influence new forms of extreme nationalism and xenophobia today.






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