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in five years of its existence. Its unique integration of art, city space, and modern technology has drawn over 2 million attendees to Prague in overall. The festival brings visually attractive works together with complex installations of international quality. Its concept allows it to appeal both to
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festival in Nevada. As part of its 5th anniversary, the SIGNAL festival repeated all videomapping projections, which were shown at the
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