It's called 'Nation to Itself' from 2002 by David Cerny.
The building is Prague’s National Theatre, in a very prominent position on the bank of the Vltava river. The sculpture was supposed to be installed in May 2003, right before Czech referendum about entering the EU. At the end of February the board of the Theatre cancelled it, fearing that they would all lose their jobs.
The intention was that steam would burst from the sculpture’s nozzle at random time intervals, adding an air of surprise.
it looks like Robert was right, it never actually existed so the pic is a mock up.
When I enlarged the photo the statue on the ledge has been added. It's a bad job of photoshopping the image.
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ReplyDeleteIt's called 'Nation to Itself' from 2002 by David Cerny.
ReplyDeleteThe building is Prague’s National Theatre, in a very prominent position on the bank of the Vltava river. The sculpture was supposed to be installed in May 2003, right before Czech referendum about entering the EU. At the end of February the board of the Theatre cancelled it, fearing that they would all lose their jobs.
The intention was that steam would burst from the sculpture’s nozzle at random time intervals, adding an air of surprise.
it looks like Robert was right, it never actually existed so the pic is a mock up.
http://www.davidcerny.cz/EN/ND.html
See, I had a feeling you smart biatches would know...
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