Quasi Monument | 2018
Sound installation
YTONG, six speakers
300 × 500 × 300 cm
Bachelor Thesis
Department of Visual and Applied Arts
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Quasi Monument is a sound installation that reimagines the monument as a space activated through sound rather than permanence. Constructed from YTONG, an industrial building material commonly associated with contemporary construction, the work adopts the architectural language of ancient Greek monuments while questioning the relationships between monumentality, material, and memory.
Six speakers embedded within the structure activate the material from within, allowing sound to resonate through its porous surfaces. Rather than functioning as a commemorative object, the installation transforms the monument into a spatial experience whose meaning is continuously reconstructed through listening.
Rather than preserving memory as a fixed narrative, Quasi Monument approaches sound as a means of translating material and historical references into embodied spatial experience. The monument becomes a dynamic site where resonance, perception, and personal experience continually reshape its meaning.