The poet’s stylized portrait made of welded stainless-steel pipes presents an open spatial structure “digitizing” his face in a monumental form. The face views the area of Old Brno, and the backside of the head, which is half-closed and forms a negative copy of the facial features, is situated on the castle hillside. From a certain angle, viewers may look through the object’s transparent structure.
Skácel’s poetry is characteristic of several topics: childhood, silence, landscape, and death. One word related to these four thematic areas is carved on each side of the stone pedestal.
An important part of the monument is a QR code that provides an acoustic version of Skácel’s work and biographical information.
| Author | Jiří Sobotka |
|---|---|
| Location | park below Špilberk Castle |
| Material | stainless steel pipes |
Presentation to the public: 2016
