Comments on: Zizkov TV Tower http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/26/zizkov-tv-tower/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:44:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jan Koubek http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/26/zizkov-tv-tower/#comment-5633 Jan Koubek Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:48:58 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=522#comment-5633 Marco: "Tower babies" are work of conceptual artist David Cerny. First baby was intended to go to the Museum of Modern Arts in Chicago, but due to the financial problems, it never happened. However, the baby statue was cast in fiberglass and shown in London (1999) and New York. Then the babies were put on the TV tower and they are there for good (or until they fall off :-)). There was a funny rumour, that one of the babies' heads is filled with cannabis. It wasn't true and it is possible, that the rumour originated from Cerny himself. Well, that's conceptual artist for ya.... :-) Marco: “Tower babies” are work of conceptual artist David Cerny. First baby was intended to go to the Museum of Modern Arts in Chicago, but due to the financial problems, it never happened. However, the baby statue was cast in fiberglass and shown in London (1999) and New York.
Then the babies were put on the TV tower and they are there for good (or until they fall off :-)).
There was a funny rumour, that one of the babies’ heads is filled with cannabis. It wasn’t true and it is possible, that the rumour originated from Cerny himself. Well, that’s conceptual artist for ya…. :-)

]]> By: Gergtreble. http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/26/zizkov-tv-tower/#comment-5606 Gergtreble. Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:19:57 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=522#comment-5606 I went up that tower a couple of months ago. It belongs to a "tower Club" and has pictures of other towers all over the inside. Its very tall... Greg I went up that tower a couple of months ago.

It belongs to a “tower Club” and has pictures of other towers all over the inside.

Its very tall…

Greg

]]> By: ArCgon http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/26/zizkov-tv-tower/#comment-5591 ArCgon Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:38:42 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=522#comment-5591 Outcomer - there's already info about that tower :) : http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/25/ostankino-tower/ Outcomer - there’s already info about that tower :) :
http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/25/ostankino-tower/

]]> By: Marco http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/26/zizkov-tv-tower/#comment-5590 Marco Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:37:57 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=522#comment-5590 There are some weird child statues that are climbing the Zizkov TV Tower that are not showing either on the official site. Have a look here http://prague.tv/galleries/tv-tower/My%20Files0039.jpg There are some weird child statues that are climbing the Zizkov TV Tower that are not showing either on the official site.
Have a look here http://prague.tv/galleries/tv-tower/My%20Files0039.jpg

]]> By: outcomer http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/26/zizkov-tv-tower/#comment-5588 outcomer Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:26:50 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=522#comment-5588 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=moscow&ll=55.820501,37.611684&spn=0.008314,0.019834&t=k&hl=en Moscow TV tower. 540 meters high. Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Moscow TV tower. 540 meters high.

]]> By: outcomer http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/26/zizkov-tv-tower/#comment-5587 outcomer Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:26:02 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=522#comment-5587 <a></a>

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