Stefanie Endlich: Monuments to Gays and Lesbians in Europe. Forms of memory in the public space.
Channel: EUROM - European Observatory on Memories
Date: 2022-07-06

Keynote speech, introdued by Jordi Guixé, director of EUROM.

Stefanie Endlich, Honorary professor of public art at the University of Arts Berlin (Germany), discusses the creative process of some of the most notable monuments and memorials in Europe. Some in recognition of the persecution of homosexuals by the Nazi regime who remember the victims of that time. Others have emerged from the commitment of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual movements to equal rights and their social  recognition in the past and present. 

The conference addresses the aesthetic aspect of these monuments and will focus on their creation process: where do these initiatives come from? What problems and conflicts did they face? What debates accompanied its realization?