What does this sculpture symbolise opposition to?
This is a sculpture called the ‘Broken Chair’ in Geneva. It symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs.
Cracked by a mammoth 35 of you!! In order – Thejaswi Udupa, ganesh, Diwakar Pingle, Akila, Vivek Cheriyan, vijaysarathy, Thomas Masun, ba_ku_69, Gaurav, TKB, Venkatakrishnan.A.J., CR, anannyad, Ramkey, Sylvian Patrick, Guneet, Shyam, Dinesh, Ananth, vikram shashi mohan, Rohan, Navin Ragade, Venkatesh, Madhav, citybank(rupt), Rajiv Rai, Vivek, shafeek, Atul Mathew, Nitish, complicateur, Mouli, Anomander Rake, anil raghavan and kasthuri.
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Thejaswi Udupa // July 15, 2008 at 9:39 am
Landmines.
ganesh // July 15, 2008 at 9:39 am
Broken Chair Sculpture in Geneva symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs, and acts as a reminder to politicians visiting Geneva.
Diwakar Pingle // July 15, 2008 at 9:43 am
Broken Chair is a monumental sculpture in wood by the Swiss artist Daniel Berset, constructed by the carpenter Louis Genève.
Broken Chair is constructed of 5.5 tons of wood and is 12 metres (39 feet) high.
It represents a giant chair with a broken leg and stands on the Place des Nations, in Geneva. It symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs, and acts as a reminder to politicians visiting Geneva.
Akila // July 15, 2008 at 9:45 am
fight against anti-personnel land mines….
Akila // July 15, 2008 at 9:46 am
and also cluster bombs
Vivek Cheriyan // July 15, 2008 at 9:48 am
Land Mines
vijaysarathy // July 15, 2008 at 9:54 am
This sculpture symbolizes opposition to land mines, cluster bombs etc.
Thomas Masun // July 15, 2008 at 9:56 am
Dear Uncle:
Man, that fourth leg looks like it’s been blown off! By a land mine or cluster bomb or something! And I guess that’s an appropriate statement to make via sculpture in a place like Geneva.
Kind regards,
Thomas Masun
ba_ku_69 // July 15, 2008 at 10:18 am
A giant chair with three legs, built in commemoration of civilian land mine victims.
Gaurav // July 15, 2008 at 10:23 am
Broken Chair symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs, and acts as a reminder to politicians visiting Geneva.
TKB // July 15, 2008 at 10:32 am
Typing “Broken Chair” in Wikipedia reveals that “It symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs, and acts as a reminder to politicians visiting Geneva.”
Venkatakrishnan.A.J // July 15, 2008 at 10:36 am
Thats the ‘Broken chair’ in Geneva. This sculpture in the pic symbolizes opposition to land mines.
CR // July 15, 2008 at 10:39 am
Broken Chair sculpture in Geneva, symbolizing opposition to Land Mines.
anannyad // July 15, 2008 at 11:16 am
Land mines and cluster bombs – The Broken Chair at the Place des nations in Geneva
Ramkey // July 15, 2008 at 11:47 am
It symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs.
Sylvian Patrick // July 15, 2008 at 12:41 pm
It is the broken chair in Geneva, Switzerland. It symbolizes against landmines
Guneet // July 15, 2008 at 12:42 pm
This is the “Broken Chair” sculpture and acts as an opposition to land mines and cluster bombs. It acts as a reminder to politicians visiting Geneva.
Shyam // July 15, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Broken Chair – represents opposition to land mines & cluster bombs!
Ajay Parasuraman // July 15, 2008 at 1:04 pm
‘Mine Ban Treaty’ or ‘The Ottawa Convention’. Sculpted by a man called Daniel Berset, and located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Dinesh // July 15, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Land mines.
Ajay Parasuraman // July 15, 2008 at 1:05 pm
It’s called ‘The Broken Chair’.
Ananth // July 15, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Land mines & cluster bombs.
vikram shashi mohan // July 15, 2008 at 1:59 pm
the memorial opposes land mines, and pays tribute to victims… at the UN HQ Geneva…
Rohan // July 15, 2008 at 2:18 pm
some sort of disability thing, i guess.. something to do with landmines?
Navin Ragade // July 15, 2008 at 2:30 pm
This is the ‘Broken Chair” sculpture standing in front of the United Nations Office building in Geneva. The sculptor wanted to show his opposition to land mines and cluster bombs through this work and hence its strategic placement.
Venkatesh // July 15, 2008 at 2:33 pm
The broken chair scultpure symbolisies opposition to land mines and cluster bombs
Navin Ragade // July 15, 2008 at 2:35 pm
This is the ‘Broken Chair” sculpture which is in front of the United Nations office building in Geneva. The sculptor wanted to show his opposition to landmines and cluster bombs which have taken many a life and its been placed in front of the UN building to act as a reminder to visiting politicians to do something about the issue.
Madhav // July 15, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Landmines.
citybank(rupt) // July 15, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Although Thomas wins most of the individual online quizzes (he was the QFI Chennai Super King last week), he hates “live” individual quizzes like Mastermind or the Mastermind round in the Landmark quizzes. So symbolically, he made a broken chair similar to that seen in the pic as his entry for his annual school day exhibition in 1996 to make statement that he will never sit on the mastermind chair. At that time there was a Swiss delegation belonging to the anti-landmines group visiting his school and they were impressed by his exhibit. Upon knowing the cause they supported,Thomas told them when he had won a cycle in Hanoi(please see my answer to the Hanoi Hilton question), he rode it to neighboring Cambodia where he had seen a number of people who had been maimed by landmines. The delegation was impressed by our wunderkid and decided that they would use his model as inspiration for a project that there were coming up with in Geneva. Otherwise why on earth would you have a Broken Chair to represent Anti-landmine sentiments.
Rajiv Rai // July 15, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Beautiful visual – In Geneva, this symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs which leaves its victims, like the chair in the picture, useless.
Vivek // July 15, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Broken Chair by Daniel Berset at on the Place des Nations, in Geneva. Represents opposition to landmines and cluster bombs
shafeek // July 15, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Land Mines & Cluster Bombs
Atul Mathew // July 15, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Landmines
Nitish // July 15, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Landmines
complicateur // July 15, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Landmines that dismember civilians ? Or maybe fat people on bar stools ?
Mouli // July 15, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Opposition to landmines and cluster bombs per wikipedia
Anomander Rake // July 16, 2008 at 2:56 am
Land Mines
anil raghavan // July 16, 2008 at 6:55 am
broken chair in geneva which signifies opposition to landmines&cluster bombs
kasthuri // July 16, 2008 at 9:38 am
land mining and cluster bombs.