The Rainbow (Tęcza) appeared on Plac Zbawiciela in June 2012. At the end of 2015, the agreement between the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the City of Warsaw expires and The Rainbow will have to be moved. From the beginning, The Rainbow was planned as a temporary project. Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw is now its third location after Wigry, where it symbolically supported the Camaldolese Monastery wall, and Brussels, where it stood in front of the European Parliament in 2011.
Currently, there are at least two important cultural institutions interested in the project. Dismantling of the installation will begin in late summer and will be followed by a major renovation, including cleaning and treating the steel structure against corrosion. It is also necessary to replace the flowers, as exposure to the elements in the city centre causes them to lose their colour and become covered in urban dust. A similar renovation took place at the turn of 2013/2014 and is necessary before The Rainbow finds a new home.
While negotiations continue with interested partners, Culture.pl wants to invite the public to a cycle of actions related to The Rainbow and its symbolic farewell to Plac Zbawiciela. Some of them will take place on Culture.pl’s portal and Facebook page, where online readers are invited to share their opinions on the best location for The Rainbow. So far, users who have joined the discussion would like to see The Rainbow at Placu na Rozdrożu, in Wilanów, at the University of Warsaw Library, and even on Wawel Hill in Kraków. Throughout the month of August, Culture.pl also invites you to share your photos of The Rainbow. Together, we will create a virtual photo album of The Rainbow on Facebook, Pinterest, and Culture.pl.