“Deep Space: Re-signifying Valle de los Caídos” presented by Sikiaridi and Vogelaar

Symposium:

• ISEA2022: 27th International Symposium on Electronic Art

• Digital Preservation: Resignifying Memory and Oblivion

• Deep Space: Re-signifying Valle de los Caídos

• Elizabeth Sikiaridi
• Franz Vogelaar

Venue(s):

• CCCB: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

• The project “Deep Space: Re-signifying Valle de los Caídos” pioneers the development of new methods and digital tools for re-signifying and transforming controversial physical memory sites.

  The Francoist monument for the Fallen of the Spanish Civil War near Madrid, built between 1940-1959 partly by forced labour of political prisoners, includes more than 33.000 remains from both conflict sides, removed from mass-graves around the country without the relatives’ knowledge. The official onsite information does not communicate this difficult history; the traces of the prisoner of war-barracks and mass-graves are in no way visible to the visitors.

  The project addresses the re-signification of this most controversial Francoist monument. As part of the long-term investigation “Deep Space”, dealing with politics of memory, controversial monuments and heritage in the Digital Age, it focuses on creative processes and digital tools.

Keywords:

• Memory in the Digital Age
• Hybrid Heritage
• Controversial Monuments
• Inclusive Memory-making
• augmented reality

Category:

• Paper
• Short Paper