To kick off the Democracy Weekend celebrations, a temporary memorial to those who fell during the March Revolution of 1848 was unveiled on 16 March 2023 at the historic site of Schlossplatz in front of the Humboldt Forum.

Based on a concept by Prof. Dr. Daniel Tyradellis from the Helmholtz Centre for Cultural Technology, the anamorphic mirror column was realised in collaboration with the association ‘Friedhof der Märzgefallenen’ (Cemetery of the Fallen of March), students from the HU, pupils from the Anna Essinger Community School and the artist collective SELFMADECREW. The monument highlights both the role of monuments in public spaces and the systematic question of the connection between freedom and violence.

Created at the Humboldt Forum Endowed Chair for the Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinary Curating, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.