Ten golden fingers ...

Ten golden fingers have sprouted on the land outside the Ecumenical Centre. The monumental sculpture « invitation/decalogue » was made by Romanian artist Liviu Mocan for the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth in Geneva. The sculpture was inaugurated today - 10 columns 4.5m high are set in a circle; the inside face of each column resembles a human finger, while the outer edge narrows to a vertical blade. The sculptor, Liviu Mocan, is a Baptist who was born in 1955 and he studied at the Fine Arts faculty in the University of Cluj. His public sculptures have been erected in Germany, the US, Egypt, Norway as well as in his native Romania. In his home city of Cluj, the artist was appointed to create a sculpture commemorating the martyrs of the 1989 uprising which overthrew communism. "I want this sculpture to create a positive feeling for people who come inside the circle, to enjoy nature, to enjoy art, to enjoy one another," explains Mocan. "The circle of columns also suggests a kind of limitation because real freedom is only found in the midst of clear borders - moral, spiritual, economic; outside these borders
we will finish in tragedy." At the "vernissage" he explained he saw a parallel between the ten commandments given by God and the ten fingers created on each hand. The Ten Commandments said Mocan should be seen as creating a space for freedom, something reflected in the space within the ten fingers. More information here.