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Excavator turned into art exhibit

Doosan has supplied a DX160W-5 16-tonne wheeled excavator to form part of a new art installation in Prague that highlights the importance of responsible behaviour by humans when dealing with our natural environment. The DX160W-5 wheeled excavator is the centrepiece of a display called ‘The Machine’ which is intended to create a very strong ecological message and is the vision of Markéta Jáchimová, a young artist active in the Czech and Swiss artistic scenes.

The exhibit is just one feature of The Signal Light Festival in Prague, a four-day event of light art and emerging technologies held annually in October (the dates this year are 15th to 18th). It provides a platform for lighting designers from the Czech Republic and abroad to create lighting installations in streets and public spaces across the city, including several famous historical landmarks. The Machine art installation is located at the entrance of the Industrial Palace of Výstaviště Praha, which is a venue for many of the business, industry and international trade fairs that take place in Prague.

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