Delusion

Spatial installation and intervention in public space by Luiza Margan and Eduard Freudmann (2021)

Modest alteration of the lettering in a monument at Graz city park, changing its dedication from Jahn to Wahn (delusion). Wahn indicates the antisemitic delusion Friedrich Jahn, the founder of the German gymnastics movement, suffered from.

Delusion

Spatial installation and intervention in public space by Luiza Margan and Eduard Freudmann (2021)

Modest alteration of the lettering in a monument at Graz city park, changing its dedication from Jahn to Wahn (delusion). Wahn indicates the antisemitic delusion Friedrich Jahn, the founder of the German gymnastics movement, suffered from.
Delusion
In 1902, a monument in the form of a penis was erected at Graz city park. It's six meters tall. On November 12, 2021, a tree was planted in front of the memorial, which will grow over it by time. In winter one will still be able to see the lettering behind the leafless branches: WAHN.

Credits
Commissioned and produced for the exhibition One Monument in Time at Forum Stadtpark, curated by zweintopf.

Sculptural production: Mischa Guttmann
Typographical consultancy: Martin Tiefenthaler
(Photos: Lena Prehal)