People Love Monuments

Paraphrasing the film theoretician Hrvoje Turković “Horses Heads” are less memorable shots, filmed before or after filming the main plot, inserted in order to bridge main shots and help the narration flow, most commonly used in interviews when the head shots are interwoven with close-ups of hands.

People Love Monuments consists of a 3D print of a part of an equestrian sculpture of Viceroy Josip Jelačić and a series of photographs documenting roughly 150 years of life on the main square in the city Zagreb.

Horse, a traditional attribute of figures of military power, when part of an equestrian sculpture, literally and metaphorically elevates the protagonist. Laid down in front of the viewer, 3D printed head implies an act of mutilation of the signifier, it also enacts a technique of omission, a standard editing method used to remove problematic, unwanted, uncanny elements in order to create seamless narration. The revolutionary potential of the cut is pitted against the final cut as the privilege of those in power.

Details

technical info: 3d print (thermoplastic polymer) & photo archive / year 2014
exhibition view: People Love Monuments, Transmission Gallery (opens in a new tab), Glasgow
photo credits: Tor Johnson