{"id":58740,"date":"2026-05-04T11:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/?p=58740"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:26:13","slug":"marta-minujin-obelisco-acostado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/marta-minujin-obelisco-acostado\/","title":{"rendered":"Marta Minuj\u00edn – Obelisco acostado"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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16 October 1978<\/span><\/p>

Obelisco tumbado<\/span><\/i> [<\/span>Fallen Obelisk<\/span><\/i>], a creation of Marta Minuj\u00edn<\/span><\/p>

First Latin American Biennial<\/span><\/p>

S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil

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Obelisco tumbado<\/span><\/i> [<\/span>Fallen Obelisk<\/span><\/i>] is an obelisk lying on its side, in a horizontal position. It is of the exact same dimensions as the Obelisk in the Plaza de la Rep\u00fablica of Buenos Aires.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

It has been produced using wood, chipboard and rope; it measures 67 metres long, 7 metres high at its base, or entrance… and reduces at an angle towards the point, where it measures 3.60 metres.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

It is accessible via a visitors circuit; that is, the public can view it from all angles on the outside, but can also enter the structure through its base, which, as the obelisk is reclining, serves as an entrance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Visitors enter in groups of up to 10 and walk the length of the obelisk along a passage lit by black light. There are fluorescent panels on either side so, as they walk, their shadows are cast onto the panels for a moment (an effect that is achieved with the black light).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

When they reach the point, there are two fluorescent chairs facing two television sets and a Super 8 projector with films and videos showing footage shot around the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, along with interviews with passers-by about its significance, references to other obelisks around the world, an interior ascent of the Obelisk and scenes of its toppling (fictitious scenes in which the Obelisk can be seen falling over).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Once the 10-minute screening of the films are over, visitors return to the starting point \u2013 that is the entrance door \u2013 via another passageway, which serves as the exit, as the obelisk is divided in two, with one passage for entry and another for exit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The central theme of the work lies in transplanting a myth from one country to another, altering the laws of gravity \u2013 turning a vertical into a horizontal \u2013 and raising a state of oblique awareness using a meaningful symbol of the penetrating spirit and sunlight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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English 16 October 1978 Obelisco tumbado [Fallen Obelisk], a creation of Marta Minuj\u00edn First Latin American Biennial S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil Obelisco tumbado [Fallen Obelisk] is an obelisk lying on its side, in a horizontal position. It is of the exact same dimensions as the Obelisk in the Plaza de la Rep\u00fablica of Buenos Aires.\u00a0 It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58740"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58843,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58740\/revisions\/58843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}