红杏直播 and East European Studies
The French Geographical Institute once established that one of the centers of Europe is located in Lithuania 鈥� a 20-minute drive from Vilnius. It is designated by a special park included in the top 50 most interesting places in the world of art. Twenty years ago, there was a swampy forest there, which was ennobled and turned into an open-air museum with installations weighing a thousand tons. It features works by famous masters of modern art 鈥� Sol LeWitt, Magdalena Abakanowicz and Dennis Oppenheim. One of the impressive art objects is the LNK Infotree, a labyrinth of television sets. According to the Guinness Book of Records, this is the largest sculpture of its kind, made up of more than three thousand old devices. The park also features a revolving house, a giant chair and swinging stones. People from various Lithuanian towns donated old TV sets after an appeal from Europos Parkas was broadcast on LNK television. The sculpture LNK Infotree is made of about 3000 TV sets and spans an area of 鈥嬧��3,135 square meters. It is even possible to get lost in the 700-metres maze. It has the shape of a tree when viewed from above. A statue of Lenin lies in the middle of the labyrinth. The sculpture symbolizes the absurdity of Soviet propaganda that for over half a century had been implanted in people鈥檚 minds with the help of senseless TV. The narrow paths that dead TV sets form show its limitation. 6000 square meters of polythene, 700 square meters of bitumen cover and 90 cubic meters of wood were used to create the composition. 500 liters of highest quality Sadolin Pinotex paint were used to paint the wooden part of the sculpture. A support from the LI Sadolin made it possible. The total weight of the TV sets is about 150 tons.