Wikipedia memorial

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The Wikipedia memorial (Mihran Hakobjan)
The Wikipedia memorial
Mihran Hakobjan , 2014
Slubice , Poland

The Wikipedia monument ( Pomnik Wikipedii in Polish ) is a bronze-colored sculpture about 1.70 meters high by the sculptor Mihran Hakobjan in Słubice , Poland . It has the shape of a globe open at the top as a puzzle, the Wikipedia logo , which is carried by two women and two men. The nude figures stand on a pedestal that represents a pile of books. The plastic was made of weatherproof plastic .

Idea and construction

The idea for the memorial came from Krzysztof Wojciechowski , author and director of the Collegium Polonicum : Wikipedia is the greatest project that has ever been created by people. In particular, the community of Polish-language Wikipedia - measured by the number of Polish speakers - is particularly active, which is why a location in Poland is suitable. Tomasz Ciszewicz, the mayor of the city of Słubice at the time, supported the idea and ensured full financing by the city administration with 62,000 złoty (almost 15,000 euros ). The sculpture was created by Mihran Hakobjan, an Armenian artist and a graduate of the Collegium Polonicum. It was unveiled on October 22, 2014 after a popular science symposium at the Collegium Polonicum on Plac Frankfurcki .

  • Symposium in the Collegium Polonicum

  • Unveiling of the monument

  • Representatives and those responsible for the unveiling of the monument

  • Video of the reveal

  • Visible damage to the monument's fingers, as of September 2019

inscription

There is an inscription in several languages ​​on the base.

The inscription in German reads:

“MIHRAN HAKOBYAN
Wikipedia
The citizens of the town of Słubice want to use this monument to express their respect for thousands of anonymous authors worldwide. Across political, religious and cultural boundaries, it was their voluntary commitment that made Wikipedia, the largest jointly created project, possible.
In the year the monument was unveiled, Wikipedia was available in over 280 languages ​​and contained a total of 30 million articles. The donors of the monument are convinced that the knowledge society, of which Wikipedia is also a pillar, will be able to guarantee the sustainable development of our civilization, social justice and international peace. "

- 10/22/2014
Inscription on the Wikipedia monument

Web links

Commons : Wikipedia memorial  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Picture gallery: "Tak powstaje pomnik Wikipedii" (This is how the Wikipedia monument is created) ( Polish ) Wirtualna Polska . October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  2. ^ Die Kulturzeit-Nachrichten: Kulturzeit-News from Thursday, October 23, 2014
  3. ↑ Slubice: Polish city sets a monument to Wikipedia. In: Spiegel Online from October 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ Press release from October 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ Eva Krafczyk: Monument for Wikipedia as a "sign of hope". In: Weser Kurier of October 20, 2014, p. 5.
  6. ^ Collegium Polonicum: About the artist Mihran Hakobjan
  7. ^ Collegium Polonicum: Schedule of the unveiling of the monument
  8. ↑ A monument to Wikipedia in Slubice . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . Retrieved October 16, 2014.

Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 57.4 ″  N , 14 ° 33 ′ 36.5 ″  E