Austria's way of celebrating their new European Presidency
...original ! Article (in French) from Luc on Agoravox.
"on January 1st 2006, Austria takes the EU Presidency for 6 months, succeeding to Tony Blair. To celebrate it, the Austrian Government has given 75 artists from the 25 EU member Countries the mission to create 150 pieces of art that "reflect social, historic and political differences in Europe". This collective creation, called "euroPART" has been displayed on 400 advertising billboards in the Austrian Capital. This project, called "25PEACES" has had a total budget of a million euros" Below, another picture of a billboard in the street.
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