On July 1st, 2021 at 7.30 pm, the FMX4Ever motorcycle stunt team attempts to jump the monumental Mastplanters statue in the Citadelpark in Gent. Around the event will be texts from the event’s announcer, poet Lindah Leah Nyirenda, artist and writer Harun Morrison (DAI, 2021) and Quenton Miller. The event, titled Higher than History, focuses attention on the work that goes into affixing public monuments and their stories through time.
Can this giant historical monument be overcome? The two figures planting a pole in the ground were commissioned as a functioning light post – light being a symbol of socialism, yet on completion the sculptor could only get paid if the mast was holding a national symbol. The event brings a new relation to this sculpture and continues ongoing discussions about monuments
The event is supported by Sign Groningen, 019, Publiek Park and the Flemish government.
https://019-ghent.org/events/higher-than-history/