In Mexico, antimonumentos transl. anti-monument are installed and traditionally placed during popular protests. They are installed to recall a tragic event or to maintain the claim for justice to which governments have failed to provide a satisfactory response in the eyes of the complainant. Many of these are erected for issues related to forced disappearances, massacres, femicides and other forms of violence against women, or any other act of violence.
Anti-monument in honor of the 49 children who were killed during the 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire. The phrase "Never again" is written in Spanish.
Crosses placed in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, in memory of the victims of femicide during the 1990s and 2000s. Rosa Salazar considers them as a precursor of the anti-monuments.
The Antimonumenta in the historic center of Mexico City
alt:Two crosses, one erect and the other bent. On the first one is written the phrase "My voice will never die", while on the two there are multiple names written.
Antimonumenta (Mexico City)
An antimonumenta was installed in front of the Palace of Fine Arts, in Mexico City on 8 March 2019, the date commemorating International Women's Day, during the annual march of women protesting against gender violence.
The anti-monument the day after it was installed
