It was through TikTok videos that Matěj Krén’s Idiom, in the Municipal Library of Prague, became famous.
The Czech capital’s old-new tourist attraction has been around for twenty-five years. The circular structure of eight thousand books was created by Slovak artist Matěj Krén in 1998 to mark the opening of the building after a three-year renovation. The mirrors inside give the impression that the column is infinite.
Also known as the Column of Knowledge, the work has recently become a hit on TikTok, with videos of it reaching millions of views. At the end of last year, for example, dozens of tourists queued outside the library to see Krén’s book tower.
Source: expats.cz
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