“Anything to say?”, the itinerant monument by Davide Dormino, continues its tour of the principal cities of Europe. After Berlin (Alexanderplatz), Dresden (Theaterplatz), Geneva (Place des Nations), Strasburg (Place Klèber), Paris (Place Georges Pompidou) and Tours (Gare de Tours), the tour’s next stop (10-18 June) will be at Belgrade’s Festival Devet, thanks to the support of G12@HUB and of the Italian Cultural Institute, with the sponsorship of the Radisson Artist Residency programme.
The monument is a tribute to the freedom of expression and features bronze statues of Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning, the developers of Wikileaks, standing on three chairs. Next to them stands an empty chair on which anybody from the audience can come to sit. The artist’s website reads: “The fourth chair is for us, for whoever has something to say or for whoever wants to sit next to the three figures that represent the courage of pursuing knowledge and of refusing to be controlled.” “Anything to say?” was made in the Antica Fonderia Mariani of Pietrasanta (Lucca) and has also been displayed in Perugia, Italy, from 6 to 10 April, at the International Journalism Festival.
