Anna Godzina

You Go Next 2018

Performance

Duration period: 8 hours.

In the city centre of Chisinau its main park has an alley that glorifies the most important writers by displaying bronze statues arranged in line for the city inhabitants and tourists.

The striking fact is that of 28 busts some of which as recent as 2010 there is not a single one of a female writer.

Together with the protest movement Occupy Guguta, we created a public intervention that had the purpose to alert both the citizens and authorities of the impact of gender inequality on our public spaces.

A socle made out of wood paint and newspaper replicating the marble ones was placed in line with the other busts and encouraged women to stand inside the socle imitating statues.

The performance had an immediate reaction from the media; it became a debated topic and underlined the need of action to effectively enact gender equality.

Monuments, Protest Movement, in Line With the Men on the Line | by Anna Godzina. Detailed View of the Performance, Petrified Women | by Anna Godzina. Detailed Picture from the Documentation of the News Media | by Anna Godzina. Detailed View of the Performance, Television Moldova One | by Anna Godzina. Performance Monuments Equality | by Anna Godzina.

Chisinau, Moldova