Realisations in Public Space
 
The Public Bench, Coventry 2004
 
 
 

Jochen Gerz is an artist whose public commissions deal with issues of memory, visibility and collaboration with the public. Since the 1980s, he has created a number of anti-monuments in Germany, France, England and Ireland, subverting the idea of commemoration, involving the public and media in the process of creating and defining artwork.
(in: Stephen Wright, “Toward Public Authorship” A conversation with Jochen Gerz, in : Third Text, Vol.18, Issue 6, 2004, p. 649-656. )
 

I Sigfried Uiberreither Provincial Governor
Graz 2008
 
Salviamo la Luna
Save the moon

Cinisello Balsamo (Milano), Italy 2005-2007
 
Tausch der Tabus
Exchange of Taboos

Duisburg, Germany 2006
 
Platz der Grundrechte
Fundamental Rights Square

Karlsruhe, Germany 2005
 
Die Zeit der DDR
The GDR Era

Berlin, Germany 2005
 
Die Zeitungsleser und der Philosoph
The Newspaper Readers and the Philosopher

Passau, Germany 2004
 
The Future Monument
Coventry, UK 2004
 
The Public Bench
Coventry, UK 2004
 
woherwohin
wherefrom whereto

Lake Constance, Germany/Austria/Switzerland, 2002 - 2004
Bodensee, Deutschland/Österreich/Schweiz 2002 - 2004
 
Der Wettbewerb
The Competition

Bad Berleburg/Schmallenberg, Germany 2002 - 2004
 
Your Chair
Siena, Venezia, Italy ; Heidelberg, Germany ; Klagenfurt, Austria ; Scottsdale, Arizona ; New York City, NY ; Evanston, Illinois ; Hamilton, Ontario ; Belgrade, Serbie 2001 - 2004
 
Le Vote de Barbirey
The Vote of Barbirey

Barbirey-sur-Ouche, France 2004
 
Anthologie der Kunst
Anthology of Art

World Wide Web, 2001/2002
 
Les Mots de Paris
The Words of Paris

Paris, France 2000
 
Le Cadeau
Das Geschenk
The Gift

Le Fresnoy, France ; Dortmund, Germany 2000
 
Das Geld, die Liebe, der Tod,
die Freiheit - was zählt am Ende?
Money, Love, Death, Freedom - what
matters in the end?

Berlin, Germany 2000
 
My Word
Bolzano, Italy, 1999 ; Kiel, Germany, 2000 ; Windsor, Canada, 2000 ; Tondern, Denmark, 2000
 
Künstlers Traum - Goethe in Buchenwald
Artist’s Dream - Goethe in Buchenwald

Weimar, Germany 1999
 
Die Berliner Ermittlung, nach einem Oratorium von Peter Weiss
The Berlin Investigation, on an Oratium by Peter Weiss

Berlin, Germany 1998
Jochen Gerz and Esther Shalev-Gerz
 
The Berkeley Oracle, Questions unanswered
World Wide Web, 1998
 
Les Témoins de Cahors
The Witnesses of Cahors

Cahors, France 1998
 
Reasons for Smiles
Raisons de Sourire
Gründe zu Lächeln

Paris 1996/98, Vancouver 1997, Arles 1997, Göttingen 1997, Tallahassee FL.1997
Jochen Gerz and Esther Shalev-Gerz
 
Das zwanzigste Jahrhundert
The Twentieth Century

Oberhausen, Germany 1996
Jochen Gerz and Esther Shalev-Gerz
 
Le Monument Vivant de Biron
The Living Monument of Biron

Biron, Dordogne, France 1996
 
The Plural Sculpture
New York, USA 1995
World Wide Web
 
Die Bremer Befragung
The Bremen Questionnaire – Sine Somno Nihil

Bremen, Germany 1995
 
2146 Steine - Mahnmal gegen Rassismus
2146 Stones - Monument against Racism

Saarbrücken, Germany 1993
 
Mahnmal gegen Faschismus
Monument against Fascism

Hamburg-Harburg, Germany 1986
Jochen Gerz and Esther Shalev-Gerz