Forty years after the dictator’s death,citizens go to the polls next month buoyed by the indignados in a push for ‘full’ democracy and transition from the pastThe beat-up Fiat Uno’s white bonnet is dotted and dominated by a flag dating back to Spains dictatorship. Specially created for a modern arts festival in the north-east city of Figueres this autumn, the art work – called Oscillating Ideologies – aimed to provoke reflection on the continued presence of General Franco’s ideas and attitudes in Spanish society nowadays. But far from being seen on the streets as planned, and the Fiat has never made it out of the garage.
The artistic creation was blocked by Figueres’ city council,led by the Catalan party Convergence and Union, whose members expressed concern that it would needlessly pick at the wounds of Spain’s bloody past. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com