Récits

Drawing upon the concept of sonic monumentality, Papachristou and Samantas compose a sound piece by compiling and bringing together fragments of public memory, sketching a minor historiography of the present. Sonic monumentality, proposed by Akoo-o (Nikos Bubaris, Dana Papachristou, Yorgos Samantas) as the group's prior contribution to Theatrum Mundi and Onassis Stegi's "The City Talks Back" (2020-21), is a speculative concept to contemplate on public memory, its relation to history and to national imagination, and public space politics in aural terms. Special thanks to our interlocutors, who shared with us their memories.