George Maciunas Square in Kaunas, Lithuania

East of the Old Town of Kaunas, a mere five minutes from the blue-domed, Neo-Byzantine St. Michael the Archangel Church, lies a small, triangular square with an Aztec symbol painted on the ground. This unique traffic island is surrounded by three busy streets; you can’t access it, you can barely even see it from street level. And that is the point. George Maciunas Square—aptly dubbed the world’s first invisible square—is a suitably curious homage to the Lithuanian-American artist who pioneered the Fluxus movement in the 1960s. Rooted in experimental performances,…

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