Monument Rehearsal

Malcolm Miles describes monuments as elements ‘produced within a dominant framework of values.’ (1997, p.58) He goes on to describe them as statues standing for a stability, which conceal international contradictions, ‘the monument becoming a device of social control less brutish and costly than an armed force’. Art, Space and the city: public art and urban futures


























Last week Igor and I decided to make a new turn in our research for the piece. Still based on perceptions, and working on the idea of two spaces, we have been looking at monuments. What they stand for, how they are perceived and their permanent nature is what is of interest to us.

Friday's rehearsal saw the introduction of a 'monument'. Our monument is able to be shaped and manipulated by the human body. We asked our dancers to use this giant cube to communicate different ideas.

Here's some of the pictures.