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The tower received its most iconic addition in 2000, when Czech sculptor/button-pusher David Černý created 10 babies to crawl up and along the tower. From an interview:
In 2000, Prague was the cultural city of Europe. Because I lived in Prague 3 at the time, where the tower is, the local authorities asked me if I would do something for them. I had two ideas, one of which was the TV tower. In the end they went for the tower idea. But it still took about a year and a half of negotiating before the mayor of Prague 3 approved the project. It was very complicated. ...
I constructed the tower in 3D, actually that was the first time I started to use 3D properly. I couldn't imagine shouting 'Three meters to the right!' at the mountain climbers. Those babies are not just arbitrarily placed. I spent a lot of time positioning them before I was happy. Then they just put it together according to my plans. But they still ended up putting one of the babies in the wrong place.The babies, whose faces appear to be barcodes or coin slots, were so popular that in 2001 they became a permanent part of the tower, another talking point that already has had more than its share.
For more photos of the tower, the surrounding area and other shots from this month, click here.
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