FW: CHRISTO ANNOUNCES NEW PROJECT
(Reuters)
World famous artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude have today announced
a new project that is slated to be begin immediately. Responding to
U.S. Homeland Defense Secretary Ridge's call for artists to rally the cause
through anti-terrorist art, Christo has received permission to wrap the
White House in Washington D.C., using duct tape and plastic sheeting. Much
like the artist's 1995 project "Wrapped Reichstag" in Berlin, "Wrapped
White House" will, according to the artists' plan, seal the building and those
inside.
Of the project the artists said, "We are very excited to use our art making
methods in the international fight against terrorists. By wrapping the
White House we hope to help keep terrorism under wraps, so to speak." Unlike
"Wrapped Reichstag" which was a temporary project, "Wrapped White House"
will be the artists' first permanent work of public art.
100,000 square meters (1,076,000 square feet) of clear high-strength
polypropylene plastic, and 15,600 meters (51,181 feet) of silver duct
tape, 13.2 cm (4 inch) wide, will be used for the wrapping of the White House.
The work will be completed in as little as one week. The artist's have
contacted other artists across the U.S. who are now in-route to Washington
D.C. in order to finish this work in record time. Materials have been provided
without charge by the German Government. Recalling the "Wrapped
Reichstag,"
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stated, "Wrapping the symbol of
German Democracy was a defining moment for the new Germany. Wrapping the White
House will likewise be a defining moment as democracy is restored in America."
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