Ottó Vincze’s giant buoys were launched on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Liszt Institute in Prague.
From 9 June to 31 August, Ottó Vincze’s installation will float on the water near the Charles Bridge in Prague. The artist’s project, River-pool, uses giant buoys from the shipping industry, which he has transformed into pool balls. The work was first launched on the Danube off the coast of Szentendre, and has since travelled to the lagoons of the Lake Velence and the Lake Öreg in Tata. The balls come to life in the water, they are not tied to a fixed mooring, so they sway with the movement of the water—and even the townspeople can join in the game interactively, as they can approach with boats and pedal boats and hit them.
For each exhibition, the cue ball is emblazoned with a symbol of the current location—this time a stylized version of the Bradáč, or Bearded Man, emblem of the Judith Bridge near Charles Bridge. Today, the statue of the Bearded Man may seem like a decorative element, but for centuries it also had an important practical function: when the waters of the Vltava reached the beard, the people of Prague had to flee the city to escape the flood.
Source: kultura.hu
Fotók: Liszt Institute, Prague Facebook
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