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WORLD'S FIRST WIKIPEDIA MONUMENT DESIGNED BY ARMENIAN SCULPTOR UNVEILED IN POLAND
16:10, 23 Oct 2014
The world's first monument in tribute to online encyclopedia Wikipedia
was unveiled in the town of Slubice, on the German border, Wednesday,
Polish Radio reports.
The monument, which stands 2.5m high, consists of four people raising
aloft a globe-shaped puzzle, the latter being the symbol of Wikipedia.
The sculpture itself was created by Armenian-born Mihran Hakobyan,
who studied at Slubice's Collegium Polonicum.
Town authorities funded the monument, which cost 11,800 euro, following
a proposal from Dr. Krzysztof Wojciechowski, administrative director
of the college.
Wojciechowski argued that the sculpture was an appropriate symbol for
the town, given that the college itself is a cross-border institution.
The Collegium Polonicum is jointly maintained by the Viadrina European
University, which is based in Slubice's sister city Frankurt (on the
Oder) over the border in Germany, and the Adam Mickiewicz University
in Poznan.
The German and Polish branches of Wikipedia are among the most dynamic,
with the German version the fourth largest (out of 287 languages),
while the Polish version has the twelfth highest number of pages.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/23/worlds-first-wikipedia-monument-designed-by-armenian-sculptor-unveiled-in-poland/
From: Baghdasarian
16:10, 23 Oct 2014
The world's first monument in tribute to online encyclopedia Wikipedia
was unveiled in the town of Slubice, on the German border, Wednesday,
Polish Radio reports.
The monument, which stands 2.5m high, consists of four people raising
aloft a globe-shaped puzzle, the latter being the symbol of Wikipedia.
The sculpture itself was created by Armenian-born Mihran Hakobyan,
who studied at Slubice's Collegium Polonicum.
Town authorities funded the monument, which cost 11,800 euro, following
a proposal from Dr. Krzysztof Wojciechowski, administrative director
of the college.
Wojciechowski argued that the sculpture was an appropriate symbol for
the town, given that the college itself is a cross-border institution.
The Collegium Polonicum is jointly maintained by the Viadrina European
University, which is based in Slubice's sister city Frankurt (on the
Oder) over the border in Germany, and the Adam Mickiewicz University
in Poznan.
The German and Polish branches of Wikipedia are among the most dynamic,
with the German version the fourth largest (out of 287 languages),
while the Polish version has the twelfth highest number of pages.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/23/worlds-first-wikipedia-monument-designed-by-armenian-sculptor-unveiled-in-poland/
From: Baghdasarian