A tremendous art installation replicating a Greek Parthenon has been constructed by Argentinian artist, Marta Minujín.
The 74 year old has created this giant symbol of resistance to political repression from 100,000 copies of banned books.
The installation is based in Kassel, Germany and is part of the Documenta 14 art festival. Minujín identified over 170 banned book titles with the help from local students and constructed the full-size parthenon from the banned books held in steel structures with plastic sheeting to protect them.
The Parthenon of Banned Books furthers its symbolic bearing as it is positioned on the historic site where, in 1933, the Nazis burnt around 2,000 books as part of their invasive campaign of censorship.
“Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people,” ~Heinrich Heine~
Check out the video below for a virtual tour around the Parthenon of Banned Books…
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