The X1 Czech Exposition X1 called “Fruits of Civilisation” was extraordinarily successful in the competition which consisted of 192 countries and 50 other exhibitors. More than 8.5 million visitors came to see it. The attendance of the Czech Pavilion was more than twice the estimated number of visitors.
In the evening of the last day of EXPO 2010, the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE) awarded the Czech Pavilion with the silver medal in the category for the most creative pavilion up to 2,000 in area.
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interior of the Czech Pavilion consisted of 20 big white cubes of 4 metres that created an imaginary urbanised area. The inside of each cube offered a distinctive exhibit – an artefact, a technological experience or a design surprise stimulating emotions. The highlights were the reliefs from under the statue of John of Nepomuk, symbolising luck, which were moved from the Charles’ Bridge in Prague, and also the kaleidoscope which is a symbol of Czech wonders.
One of the most sought-after exhibits was the large golden tear called
LacrimAu. It was actually made of aluminium and was gilded afterwards. The exhibition was based on the feelings of people who examined the “golden tear”. A computer neurologically scanned the observers’ emotions for internal processing where the data was analysed and a specific personal aroma was created for the visitor from essences available in the computer controlled system of pipettes. Every 500th visitor was actually presented with a bottle of their personal perfume.
Now, even though the exposition is over, the original Czech Pavilion with its impressive fine design will remain in China. It was bought by the representatives of the Czechoslovak-Chinese Friendship Farm for approximately 33 million Czech crowns.