The Marketplace of Heroes | Denmark


Phantasmagoric plan of the imagined maze

This plan has a dual role.

The first and primary role is philosophical by character and it will be explained in the second part, but the second role is functional (pragmatic), or even better, it is the function of mapping the public space. Given that this square is used for public utility purposes (as a marketplace), this “mapping” of the market will make it easier for dealers and buyers to better locate and manage (The vegetable stand is located in Hemingway’s room).


Sculpture

We will not didactically enter into the description and the analytical hacking of every detail and element of this sculpture because the result would be only aesthetic diminishing of any future analysis. The main motive, or goal of this sculpture-monument, is the homage to Knowledge. Old knowledge, acquired knowledge, current knowledge, and future knowledge.

A knowledge diagram that is presented as a central element (sculpture), is a diagram that we often use through various denotations and connotations. However, the chart (hierarchy) of the diagram was always the same:

Episteme – the broadest knowledge – general knowledge

Doxa – public opinion – the second level of knowledge

Kanon – Selected qualitative knowledge – the third level of knowledge

Dogma – Essence; substance – the final level of analytical knowledge


Deconstruction and Recomposition of Knowledge System


The sculpture stands as the central atrium of the described plan. The plan is a made-up drawing created out of 68 Study rooms of the giants of the human race. People who have set the path and set the standards and criteria of a modern human. The whole complex can be summarized in several different phrases:

Through the thought labyrinths of the giants of history, we can decipher the unknown.

With the help of written knowledge, the transparency of the presented reality is possible. From the angle of “observation” depends the visibility of the essence – the recognition of the substance.

Through the designed knowledge of the giants, it is possible to understand the “objective reality”