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artist Pekka Ojonen (1932 - )
 
sculpture Pro Teekkari/ Pro Tech. Student  
map In front of the Helsinki Institute of Technology, Hietalahdenkatu, Kamppi  
year 1966  
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The concrete-cast wheel designed by the architect Pekka Ojonen is a reminder that the Helsinki University of Technology was located in Helsinki prior to being transferred to Otaniemi in Espoo. The pedestal contains the text: "Helsingin kaupungille teekkareilta muuttop„iv„n„ 30.9.1966." (To the City of Helsinki from the tech. students on September 30, 1966, the day when the school left Helsinki). In the 'Pro Tech. Student', concrete is used in a way popular in Pop Art, that is, by giving the everyday material a serious and ironic meaning. But is the wheel art or not?



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