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What is the giant megaphone in Brussels?

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Solarjunkie | 00:28 Fri 28th Jul 2006 | Travel
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I have recently been in Brussels and saw a giant megaphone, with steps up to it, on a pavement near the Gare du Midi.
Is it an art exhibit, or is it used to make announcements?
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I haven't found anything in English, but here is an extract from La Libre:


Malgr� quelques r�ticences, le conseil communal de Bruxelles Ville vient d'approuver, sur proposition d'Henri Simons, la commande d'une oeuvre d'art public � l'artiste Emilio Lopez-Menchero qui sera install�e au croisement de l'avenue de Stalingrad et du boulevard du Midi, face � la gare du Midi. Dans ce lieu �hybride�, l'artiste propose un grand porte-voix de 4m de long et 2m de diam�tre final, en acier inoxydable, 8 marches permettront � qui le veut d'acc�der au porte-voix et de d�livrer son message qui sera � comme une bouteille jet�e � la mer�. Lopez-Menchero s'est inspir� d'un m�me haut-parleur que les r�publicains utilisaient pendant la guerre d'Espagne. Ici, il accueillera les arrivants � la gare du Midi, saluera les grands d�parts estivaux de la communaut� maghr�bine et ponctuera les nombreuses manifestations qui d�marrent ou aboutissent l�.

It's a work of art by the artist Emilio Lopez-Menchero.

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