Jesusparken
Jesusparken is a park in Sweden, with grass, worn paths, benches and a shallow hollow. Afternoon light reaches across the open ground. A proposed monument of stone and bronze would anchor this setting. Its massive stone appears to rise on slender bronze rods, directing your gaze between earth and sky.
The idea took shape in 2019 after racially motivated attacks affected parts of the city between 2003 and 2010. The work creates space for mourning, testimony and civic learning. Beneath the stone, people can place written memories, notes and names in the ground. A participatory process allows remembrance to grow through shared contributions. Bronze catches warm reflections across the grass as the suspended weight turns memory into something visible and tactile.
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The myTuur app is free, and once you are standing at a spot its story starts by itself.
Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Malmö. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
What is myTuur?
myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.