[1] Dimitrijević gained an international reputation in the seventies with his "Casual Passer-by" series of works, in which anonymous people were given the attention usually reserved for dignitaries, often in the form of large photo portraits displayed on cultural institutions and other prominent facades in cities like Paris, London, Venice and Zagreb.

The eponymous date of the work was decided on by a casual passer-by, Peter Malwitz, who Dimitrijević encountered by chance on the street in Berlin.

[5] By using an arbitrarily chosen date, the work is meant to stimulate contemplation about the essence of historical significance rathen than casually being attached to specific events.

One example is how Lithuanian expats and officials in Berlin use the obelisk in various ways to mark 11 March, 1990, the day when Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union and thus, as they see it, fulfilled "the prophecy on the monument".

[6] This lack of understanding was shown publicly also by the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs in a 2021 tweet,[7] a quite different outcome seen in the context of the artist's intention to provide an alternative to a place typically reserved for the political elite.