Lev! Explained

Lev!
Material:Glass
Length Metric:170
Length Imperial:560
Metric Unit:meters
Imperial Unit:feet
City:Umeå

Lev! (Swedish for Live!) is a 170meter long glass artwork in the pedestrian and bicycle tunnel between the Railway Station Square in central Umeå and Haga District in Sweden.[1] It was inaugurated on 17 November 2012 in conjunction with the festival Autumn Light and the reopening of Umeå Central Station.

The work is dedicated to the memory of writer Sara Lidman.[2] The display has 16 audio channels, of which four are interactive. It is among the largest glass artworks in Europe.[3]

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63.8297°N 20.2667°W

Notes and References

  1. News: 2 June 2020 . Umeå builds for everyone and attracts gender equality tourism . Smart City Sweden . 10 July 2023.
  2. Web site: Lev! – FA ART . 10 July 2023 . fa-art.se.
  3. Web site: Lev! / Umeå Centralstation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606221152/https://valescoteknik.se/showcase/digitalprint-expo/lev!/ . 6 June 2014 . 10 July 2023 . Valesco Teknik.

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