{"id":172845,"date":"2026-09-20T16:48:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T14:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tie2.lt\/?p=172845"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:37:12","slug":"space-turned-into-art-the-story-of-the-institute-of-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tie2.lt\/en\/space-turned-into-art-the-story-of-the-institute-of-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"SPACE TURNED INTO ART: THE STORY OF THE \u201cINSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Veronika Synenka<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The art group \u201cInstitute of Automation\u201d emerged in the premises of the former Kyiv Institute of Automation at 22 Nahirna Street, where an artistic community spontaneously began to take shape in 2016\u20132017. 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