{"id":8720,"date":"2020-04-06T07:49:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T07:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighavens.com\/?page_id=8720"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:07:26","slug":"countermonumental-strategies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/craighavens.com\/index.php\/countermonumental-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Document As Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"

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erg\/Craig Havens<\/p>\n

Zoya Feltesse – Eline Aroch – L\u00e9o Gr\u00e9goire – Lucile Laforgue – Pauline Rheims – Jade Rouanet
\nwith Fran\u00e7oise Tahon<\/p>\n

Online Symposium, Exhibition & Publication
\nHosted by Facult\u00e9\u00a0de Arts, Ecole de\u00a0Recherche Graphique, Brussels (ERG)<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

In times of great upheaval we seek new ways of understanding ourselves and our world. European artists\u00a0faced such a challenge in commemorating the inheritance of the horrors of World War II and, in the 1980\u2019s and 1990\u2019s, a generation of young German artists forever changed the practice of monument-making by constructing the first Countermonuments.<\/p>\n

For this online action each artist considered\u00a0Countermonumental Strategies for making artworks that address the challenges of historically difficult times and then explored how they\u00a0might\u00a0apply those strategies to thier own artwork today. Craig Havens and Francoise Tahon facilitated this online action and discussion via video chat with collective\u00a0meetings and individual consultations. The results of this group action are here presented\u00a0in this\u00a0online exhibition and made available in a printed publication edition\u00a0via traditional postal service.\n<\/p>\n

To view each artist’s work please click on the images below and their project will open in a new browser tab.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Black Holes #1, Laforgue & Rheims, 2020.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Lucile Laforgue – Pauline Rheims \/\u00a0Black Holes<\/em><\/p>\n

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Travel Toopography (Detail), Feltesse, 2020.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Zoya Feltesse \/\u00a0Imaginary Travel<\/em><\/p>\n

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Les mots sont calmes, Aroch, 2020.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Eline Aroch \/ Espace du corps \u00e9criture et exp\u00e9rience<\/em><\/p>\n

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God Save The Queen (Detail), Rouanet, 2020.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Jade Rouanet \/ God Save The Queen<\/em><\/p>\n

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Follie Stamp, Gr\u00e9goire, 2020.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

L\u00e9o Gr\u00e9goire \/\u00a0MISCELLANEOUS FOLIES<\/em><\/p>\n

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About Countermonumental Strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Craig Havens (US\/DE) explores\u00a0the\u00a0history of Countermonuments and their strategies in his artwork and research. Traditional monumental strategies are historically concerned with claiming a ground that cannot be challenged while seeking to maintain assumptions of singularity, centralization, legacy and perpetuity. Countermonumental strategies, however, are concerned with expanding the function of traditional forms and thus employ multiplicities, peripheries, temporality and impermanence.
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