A construction site in the centre of the city serves as a model for a world in transition, where ideas about power and control begin to shift. A billboard announces the construction of a “monument to the fall of Western hegemony”. Tall wooden fencing separates the building site from the city. It’s an invasive gesture, the city’s people are shut out. A feeling that is amplified by posters in Arabic, Russian and Chinese. From the visitor centre on the building site one can see the purported building plans. The design, a monumental marble statue of a fallen Caucasian male, ties in with the discussion about historical statues as a symbol of Western imperialism. The only tangible indication of the monument is a gigantic white hand that is continually moved around the site.
Sic transit gloria mundi