Prague metronome

The Prague metronome above the Vltava is a unique monument in its own way. On the one hand, it is absurd and, as they say, closes a kind of void, formed on this place in the course of historical events. On the other hand, impartially counting hours, minutes, moments, the metronome is an impeccable and powerful symbol of independent, passing time. Towering above the center of beautiful Prague, this absurd structure breaks stereotypes and often leads to existential experiences.

The monument was built in 1991 on the site of a former monument to Stalin. History decreed that a huge monument to the leader of the peoples was erected at an unsuccessful time, in 1955. A few years later, it was dismantled, and the resulting hole was eventually “plugged” with a metronome, a kind of example of modern art. At first, the monument temporarily placed here took root and for the third decade has been gradually and steadily rocking its pendulum. And it seems that this process will never stop.