[not sure if this qualifies Steve, but it seems it might be close...]
Artist aims to rebuild Berlin Wall
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Ben Aris in Berlin
Wednesday August 13, 2003
The Guardian
They spent 40 years trying to tear it it down, but a German artist
now wants to rebuild the entire Berlin Wall for its 45th anniversary in
2006, coinciding with the city holding the football World Cup.
Christof Blaesius, an events manager based in Cologne, has been working
for three years to raise the €25m (£18m) he says it will take to
rebuild a 29-mile plastic copy of the Berlin Wall across the city.
Mr Blaesius said: "The World Cup shows all nations can communicate and
cooperate with each other while the wall separates. Today there are
still several divided nations, such as the Koreas, Israel and Ireland,
and we want to remind people of both the past and the future in a
meaningful way. Walls are not just physical, but also exist in your
head."
Sections of the white plastic replica would be lifted to allow traffic
to pass underneath. On the busy Potsdamer Platz the wall would be
symbolised by gas balloons carrying a floating screen on to which
pictures of the original wall would be projected, so that Germany's
capital can continue to function.
Mr Blaesius intends to invite artists from around the world to decorate
the wall, which would stand for the two months of the World Cup.
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