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*Antimonumenta*
	Location
	19°42′10.4″N 101°10′57.2″W / 19.702889°N 101.182556°W
Location	Mexico City, Mexico
Designer	Feminists
Type	Antimonumenta
Material	Metal
Opening date	8 March 2021
Dedicated to	Violence against women in Mexico

An antimonumenta was installed next to the Fuente de las Tarascas, along Francisco I. Madero Avenue [es] in Morelia, Michoacán, on 8 March 2021, the date commemorating International Women's Day, during the annual march of women protesting against gender violence. The sculpture, symbolically named Antimonumenta, was inspired by other similar anti-monuments like the one in Mexico City. The erection of an antimonumenta symbolizes the demand for justice for women who suffer from violence in the country.^[1]

The original work was destroyed a few hours after its installation. A replica was installed the following month.^[2]

History and installation

The *Antimonumenta* lies next to the *Fuente de las Tarascas* *(pictured)*

The Antimonumenta was erected by approximately 70 feminists, during the morning of 8 March 2021 on Francisco I. Madero Avenue [es], next to the Fuente de las Tarascas, in Morelia, Michoacán during the annual International Women's Day march of women protesting against gender violence.^[3] The installation of the structure lasted around 30 minutes.^[4]

During the night following its installation, the anti-monument was destroyed by unidentified females. The following morning, the installers went to the site to pick up the twisted metal and left flowers in its place,^[4] and on their social networks they said: "They took down the Antimonumenta in Michoacán, but today an altar was born in its place".^[5]

On the afternoon of 25 April of the same year, the collective installed a replica and commented that they will place it "as many times as necessary until women in Michoacán live free, happy and safe".^[6]^[2]

During the demonstrations on 2 October, in honor of the Tlatelolco massacre, two unidentified men vandalized the Antimonumenta and Las Tarascas Fountain with slogans referring to the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping.^[7]

Description and meaning

The original Antimonumenta was painted completely in purple and it was 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 represents "loyalty, constancy towards a purpose [and] unwavering firmness towards a cause".^[4]^[8] It was a metal sculpture whose upper part had written in Spanish, in violet capital letters: "Alive, free and happy", while on the arm of the cross it was written, "Not one more!".^[4] According to the installers, it represents the victims of femicide,^[9] as well as a method to invoke compassion, empathy and solidarity towards their cause.^[10]

References

^ Tello Arista, Irene (May 2021). "Arrebatar las narrativas" [To snatch the narratives]. Revista de la Universidad de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b Franco, Paola (25 April 2021). "Feministas de Michoacán reinstalan Antimonumenta en Morelia" [Michoacán feminists reinstall Antimonumenta in Morelia]. El Sol de Morelia (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ Ayala, Kayla (8 March 2021). "Feministas levantan Antimonumenta en Las Tarascas" [Feminists raise Antimonumenta at Las Tarascas]. El Sol de Morelia. Morelia. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mendoza, Celic (9 March 2021). "Ni un día duró la antimonumenta en Morelia, Michoacán" [Antimonumenta did not even last a day in Morelia, Michoacán]. Monitor Expresso. Michoacán. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Destruyen en Morelia Antimonumenta contra violencia de género y feminicidios" [Antimonumenta for gender violence and femicides in Morelia destroyed]. Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico City. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ Padilla, Blanca (25 April 2021). "Colectivos reinstalan antimonumenta en las Tarascas" [Colevtives reinstall Antimonumenta at Las Tarascas]. Meganoticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ Gutiérrez, Armando (2 October 2021). "Grafitean la Antimonumenta y la Fuente de las Tarascas" [Antimonumenta and Las Tarascas Fountain graffitied]. El Sol de Morelia. Retrieved 30 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 Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ Ek, Rodrigo (11 March 2021). "Destruyen antimonumenta en Morelia" [Antimonumenta in Morelia destroyed]. SDP Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ Hernández Martínez, Andrea (9 March 2021). "Daño de antimonumenta no es un hecho aislado: Asamblea de Mujeres Michoacán" [Damages to the Antimonumenta are not an isolated event: Assembly of Women from Michoacán]. Tribuna Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2022.