Antimonumenta (Banca Roja)
 The anti-monument two days after it was installed | |
| Coordinates | 20°40′33.68″N 103°20′49.97″W / 20.6760222°N 103.3472139°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
|---|---|
| Location | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Designer | Feminists |
| Type | Antimonumenta |
| Material | Metal |
| Height | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
| Opening date | 25 November 2020 |
| Dedicated to | Victims of violence against women in Mexico |
An antimonumenta was installed in the Plaza de Armas, in Guadalajara, Jalisco on 25 November 2020, the date commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, during the annual march of women protesting against gender violence. The sculpture is symbolically named Antimonumenta and it was inspired by the anti-monument of the same name placed in Mexico City a year prior.
During the same march, feminists also installed a red bench, which was placed in front of the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres, and symbolically renamed Plaza de Armas to Plaza Imelda Virgen, a murdered woman.
History and installation[edit]
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The Antimonumenta was installed on 25 November 2020 in the Plaza de Armas, in the historic center of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It was placed during the annual march of women protesting against gender violence on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It occurred amid the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico in which 230 women were killed between January and September of that year and 39 of them were investigated as femicides.[1][2] During the installation, Enrique Ibarra Pedroza, Secretary General of the State Government, tried to negotiate the site where the Antimonumenta would be placed but only received complaints that he should have attended to them when they requested meetings to talk to him.[3]
It was the third Antimonumenta to be erected in the country; the others being the one installed in Mexico City and the other one in Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico. Although similar in shape, the anti-monuments have different inscriptions.[3][4]
The installers also symbolically renamed Plaza de Armas to "Plaza Imelda Virgen".[5] Imelda Josefina Virgen Rodríguez was an academic and the first woman to be killed after the approval of femicide as a crime in Jalisco. According to the prosecutors, in September 2012 her husband hired two others to rape and kill her. Her husband was charged with parricide and the others with first-degree murder; none were charged with femicide. In 2017 her husband received a sentence that was appealed and the trial had to be re-tried. By November 2020, the second trial was appealed and was awaiting a new trial.[6]
On 8 March 2021, the date commemorating International Women's Day and during the annual march, multiple women performed a song titled "Canción sin miedo" next to the Antimonumenta.[7][8]
Description[edit]
The Antimonumenta is painted in purple and pink and it is represented with the symbol of the feminist struggle, which is based on the symbol of Venus with a raised fist in the center. In feminism, the color purple represents "loyalty, constancy towards a purpose [and] unwavering firmness towards a cause".[9]
It is a metal sculpture whose upper part has written in Spanish, in pink capital letters: "Neither forgive nor forget", while on the arm of the cross it is written "No + femicides". On the opposite side, the Antimonumenta reads "Memory, truth and justice", and in the central part "Not one more".[3] It is 3.8 meters (12 ft) high and weighs 300 kilograms (660 lb).[3][10]
Red bench[edit]
 The anti-monument in 2020 | |
| Coordinates | 20°40′38.5″N 103°20′48″W / 20.677361°N 103.34667°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
|---|---|
| Location | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Designer | Feminists |
| Type | Antimonumenta |
| Material | Metal |
| Opening date | 25 November 2020 |
| Dedicated to | Victims of violence against women in Mexico |
On the same date, but in front of the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres, located a few blocks away from Plaza de Armas, it was installed a red bench which was also symbolically named Antimonumenta, but referred to as "Banca Roja" to distinguish it from the other anti-monument.
As part of a global campaign, red benches are installed to denounce gender violence as they symbolize those who were and those who will come.[11] In 2019, a bench was installed at the University of Guadalajara.[12] The 25 November red bench was placed in front of the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres.[13] In the middle of it there is a plaque with a message that reads "In memory of all the women murdered by those who claimed to love them or just because they were women."[lower-alpha 1]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Instalan la Antimonumenta, parte de la lucha feminista, en Plaza de Armas" [Antimonumenta, part of the feminist struggle, installed at Plaza de Armas]. Notisistema (in español). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ↑ Cuevas, Monse (25 November 2021). "Colocan antimonumento en memoria de mujeres asesinadas en Jalisco" [Anti-monument placed in memory of murdered women in Jalisco]. Quadrantín Jalisco. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Flores, Siboney (25 November 2020). "Instalan antimonumenta en Guadalajara; exigen justicia para víctimas de feminicidio" [Antimonumenta installed in Guadalajara; justice for femicide victims demanded]. Informador.mx (in español). Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ↑ "Colectivos no aceptarán que la Antimonumenta sea reubicada lejos de Plaza de Armas" [Collectives will not accept that the Antimonumenta be relocated away from Plaza de Armas]. Notisistema (in español). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ↑ Orozco, Mariana (25 November 2020). "Instalan Antimonumenta y renombran Plaza de Armas como 'Plaza Imelda Virgen' durante el 25N en Guadalajara" [Antimonumenta installed and Plaza de Armas renamed 'Plaza Imelda Virgen' during 25N in Guadalajara]. Debate (in español). Jalisco. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ↑ Ramos Ponce, Guadalupe (13 November 2020). "Las tres muertes de Imelda Virgen" [The three deaths of Imelda Virgen]. SEM México (in español). Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ↑ "Anuncian protestas y foros por el Día de la Mujer en Guadalajara" [Protests and forums for Women's Day announced in Guadalajara]. Informador.mx (in español). 8 March 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ↑ Bobadilla, Rubí (8 March 2021). "Mujeres montan performance frente a la 'Antimonumenta' de Plaza de Armas a manera de protesta" [Women stage performance in front of the 'Antimonumenta' in Plaza de Armas as a protest]. Informador.mx (in español). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ↑ García, Paula (6 March 2019). "Este es el origen de los símbolos feministas" [This is the origin of the feminist symbols]. Hipertextual (in español). Retrieved 13 December 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Cinco Estados de México colocan antimonumenta por los feminicidios" [Five states of Mexico place the Animonumenta due to femicies]. Voces Feministas (in español). Tuxtla Gutiérrez. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ "Antimonumentos" [Anti-monuments]. Milenio (in español). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ "Instalan 'Banca Roja' En Paseo del Lago CUCosta" ['Red Bench' installed at Lake CUCosta's stroll]. Tribuna de la Bahía (in español). 26 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ Ruiz, Josefina (25 November 2020). "Colocan antimonumenta en memoria de mujeres asesinadas en la Rotonda". Milenio. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ Rodríguez, Daniela (25 November 2020). "Ponen antimonumento para recordar feminicidios" [Anti-monument placed to recall femicides]. Meganoticias (in español). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
External links[edit]
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