Exhibition Shaping The Past: Exhibition in San Francisco

We are excited about Shaping the Past, a poster exhibition on display in the well known and popular JCDecaux-kiosks all over the city. Featuring works by artists, activists, and collectives from North America and Germany - all part of the Monument Lab Fellows Program - this exhibition broadens understanding and illuminates ongoing memory interventions that reimagine civil society.

Stroll through the Mission or Financial District, along Fisherman's Wharf or through the Castro neighborhood, and discover the exhibition Shaping the Past in the public space!    Shaping the Past builds connections and showcases patterns that constitute a transnational memory culture at work to address systemic racism and sexism, social and economic exclusion, and legacies of colonial and state violence.

The spotlighted projects offer innovative and reparative models that highlight creative changemakers who are actively shaping the past and our paths forward. Part of a titular project begun in 2019, Shaping the Past will be presented by Goethe-Instituts across North America through 2021 and 2022.

Find out more about the artists here.
 
Shaping the Past is a partnership between Monument Lab, the Goethe-Institut, and the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb).

Back