for Hanung Bramantyo

Historical figures usually die twice. The first time they are buried. The second time they are erected as statues. Mandela will experience this, as Sukarno did. A statue sets out to immortalize, but it also freezes. The figure is considered finished. All that remains is adoration.

In 1924 in Russia, where statues were being erected in almost every town, an official ceremony was held to mark 125 years since birth of Pushkin, the