"Our lived historical experience of a revolution becomes only a cultural artefact" These monuments aren't 'their lived historical experience of a revolution' t

"Our lived historical experience of a revolution becomes only a cultural artefact" These monuments aren't 'their lived historical experience of a revolution' they are cultural artifacts. This is the problem with monuments and artworks built to commemorate events or remember atrocities - they will always have some value as an artwork that will 'take away' some of the memory and meaning of the original event. They exist as cultural artifacts in their own right