Antimonumento Plus 43
by Micah Offman
Title
Antimonumento Plus 43
Artist
Micah Offman
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photo
Description
An antimonumento was installed in front of the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City, on the median strip of Paseo de la Reforma Avenue, in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. The work included the installation of a red number 43 made of metal along with a plus symbol, in reference to the forty-three students kidnapped—and possibly killed—in Iguala, Guerrero, in 2014 after being arrested for allegedly committing criminal offenses, plus the six students and witnesses killed during that event, and to honor the more than 150,000 people killed since the start of the Mexican drug war and the 30,000 disappeared persons reported by 2015.
The anti-monument was installed by peaceful protesters during a demonstration on 26 April 2015 as a plea for justice and to prevent the case from being forgotten by the authorities and society.
The sculpture became the first of its kind in Mexico and would inspire the installation of other guerrilla-like memorials throughout the city and in other states of the country.
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July 24th, 2023
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Marie Kaplan
That is an unusal building. When I first read your title, I thought it said "autoimmunity". Like the moon and clouds , too.
Micah Offman replied:
Thank you, Marie! the Antimonument is the red " 43" you can read in the description and the moon... the moon is not real