It is part of the essence of public monuments to interweave the present and thus everyday urban life with a collective past. In Graz's Stadtpark, too, monuments function both spatially and temporally as fixed points that show us the passing of time as we walk by. Here, however, many a monument has lost its historically reminiscent function and has become a mere backdrop.

Where strict monument protection covers the entire park like a leaden cloak, artists are all the more challenged to become active with subtle interventions and to undermine the all too familiar with their temporary settings: What could conceivable monuments do today? Where are the points of contact with what moves us today? And how temporary can a so-called "monument" actually be?

Artist representing their works:
14:00 Performance Pavla Sceranková
14:15 Marlene Hausegger
14:30 Rainer Nöbauer-Kammerer
14:45 Marlene Haring, Sasha Kurmaz
15:15 Luiza Margan, Eduard Freudmann, Joachim Hainzl (Location: Jahngasse/Paulustor)
16:00 Anita Fuchs (Kernstocklinde - Forum Stadtpark)
16:15 Werner Reiterer
16:30 Ryts Monet
16:45 Anna Vasof
17:00 Managing Board of FORUM STADTPARK, Heidrun Primas, Elisabeth Fiedler, zweintopf
18:00 Martin Behr