This nebulous Europe

The conservative daily Magyar Nemzet comments on the controversial 'Entropa' installation by Czech artist David Cerny in Brussels. "The Czech EU Council presidency promptly began with a scandal. ... The artwork uses negative clichées to characterise the countries of the EU. The Bulgarians and Slovaks were quick to protest. The Germans, too, were not exactly thrilled at being symbolised by Autobahn intersections reminiscent of swastikas. The Irish peeing into everybody's water is intended as a reference to the Irish No preventing the Treaty of Lisbon from coming into force. The UK is represented in the work as a mere void. This can also be seen as a side-swipe against the UK, which has always maintained a distance to the EU. The installation is like a big puzzle. It's name is by the way composed of the words 'entropy' and 'Europe'. In everyday language 'entropy' stands for nebulous disorder."

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