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Lev! (Swedish for ''Live!'') is a long glass artwork in the pedestrian and bicycle tunnel between the Railway Station Square in central
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and Haga District in
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. It was inaugurated on 17 November 2012 in conjunction with the festival Autumn Light and the reopening of Umeå Central Station. The work is dedicated to the memory of writer Sara Lidman. The display has 16 audio channels, of which four are interactive. It is among the largest glass artworks in Europe.


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File:Lev! (del av konstverket).jpg, Photographed at the tunnel's western wall File:Lev! – uppfart mot Järnvägstorget.JPG, Glass artwork covers the walls of the tunnel


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