Overview

In the fall of 1967, intermedia artists Ture Sjölander and Lars Weck collaborated with Bengt Modin, video engineer of the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in Stockholm, to produce an experimental program called Monument. It was broadcast in January, 1968, and subsequently has been seen throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. Apart from the technical aspect of the project, their intention was to develop a widened consciousness of the communi - cative process inherent in visual images. They selected as source material the "monuments" of world culture— images of famous persons and paintings.

Genres

Cast

Sophia Loren

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage)

John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)