Vanishing Lynx: Unusual Art Installation That Melts Before Your Eyes Appears in Kyiv (PHOTO)
It is meant to draw Ukrainians' attention to the issue of lynx conservation.
A sculpture in the shape of a Carpathian lynx head has appeared in the centre of Kyiv. The art object is located at the start of Shevchenko Boulevard, opposite Besarabsky Market, but it will stand there only briefly because it is made of ice.
This is a project of the “Together for Nature” initiative — a partnership between Morshynska, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the agency Gres Todorchuk PR, in support of the programme of the Ukrainian WWF office “Let's Save the Lynx” — the only comprehensive programme in Ukraine designed to ensure sustainable protection of the Eurasian lynx — the largest cat in Europe.
The sculpture, weighing over 3 tonnes and nearly 3 metres tall, is made of 24 blocks of ice. According to the project organisers, its melting symbolises the disappearance of the Carpathian lynx from the wild in Ukraine.
“Over the course of 3-4 days the sculpture will melt literally before our eyes. We hope it will draw Ukrainians' attention to the issue of lynx conservation, as only around 500 of these animals remain in our country”, — said WWF Ukraine.
As part of the programme, the Fund is currently collecting data on the status and population size of lynx in the Carpathians and Polissia, and analysing species management. Based on the results, it plans to develop a national action plan for lynx conservation.
City authorities approved the social project.
“An incredible art action in the best place! The disappearing sculpture of the Carpathian lynx symbolises disappearing animal species. I hope art will once again stand up to defend important universal human values”, — commented on the installation Diana Popova, director of the Culture Department of the Kyiv State Administration.
The ice lynx was installed where a giant blue hand once stood — the sculpture “Middle Way” by Romanian artist Bogdan Rat. In August it was moved to Mykolaiv.
Earlier, a protest over smog and dirty air was held in Kyiv.
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