Speech on the Occasion of the Ceremonial Presentation of the Zeppelin Installation to the City and Its Citizens
23 March, 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Mayor, dear Schoolchildren.

As an artist one doesn’t often stand behind a speaker’s podium.

We muse and ponder, research, sketch, design, present the results – and if everything goes well what we have thought out can then become a reality.

The story of this work of art began when Mayor Otte emailed me in August 2009 and asked me if I would be interested in giving thought to a previously planned freestanding wall for the City of Leinfelden-Echterdingen - without any obligation or contentual guidelines of any kind.

 
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