It’s a kind of protest. Against retardation in culture. We are a simply retarded culture, which always deals with the past and with some kind of festivism. And the second issue which is related to this retardation is the allocation of funds in culture. There is money for culture, but they all go to these sorts of – MONUMENTALISMS, TRADITION, HERITAGE – all these dubious, big words!
(Florin Flueras)
This protest was more like an action, symbolic and artistic in some way. For me it was interesting that all of a sudden something huge can appear in the middle of the town a public monument, and this term, public, seemed kind of weird to me, because it doesn’t really ask the public. Legally, there’s a commission of 10 to 15 people who decides, ok, we’re gonna give 2 million euros to a person, usually a sculptor who does the job. Even more, most of the times, these monuments are really ugly – it’s my opinion… and not mine only!
(Alexandra Pirici)