I monument
An I monument is a sculpture that was first erected in the city of Frankfurt am Main . The work of the artist Hans Traxler in collaboration with the stonemason Reiner Uhl has been in the Oberrad district since March 24, 2005 , on the banks of the Main between Rudererdorf and Gerbermühle in Frankfurt's green belt .
Since July 29, 2007, a second copy has been in Kassel at Brüder-Grimm-Platz , set up on the occasion of the Caricatura V, which is taking place parallel to documenta 12 . The third copy was erected in Bielefeld on September 27, 2019 . It is located in the center of the city in the Park of Human Rights . All three I-Monuments were created according to the design by Hans Traxler and belong to the genre of comic art ; the Frankfurt copy is part of the series Komische Kunst in the Frankfurt Green Belt .
A monument to the self consists of a stone base, as is usually found in monuments of famous people of contemporary history, but on which there is no statue . On the front is "I" in golden capital letters, on the back a three-step staircase allows climbing the plinth.
Under the context of “Every person is unique”, visitors are encouraged to climb the pedestal and, inspired by Traxler's drawings on a display board, to have themselves photographed in various positions . The visitor photographed in this way becomes a monument himself.
The board reads:
- Every human is unique.
- Of course, this also applies to all animals.
- Hold it tight forever. Here.
literature
- Vinz de Rouet: I love Sachsenhausen! 33 reasons to love Sachsenhausen. Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86931-738-0 , p. 78 f.
Web links
- Art in public space Frankfurt: I-Monument
- Comic art in the green belt (City of Frankfurt)
- Caricatura V: For the inauguration of the Kassel monument ( Memento from February 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Weblog "I-Monument for Bielefeld"
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 20.6 ″ N , 8 ° 43 ′ 7.9 ″ E