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Construction and unveiling of the sculpture "Modern Book Printing" (April 21st, 2006)

35 tons of total weight, more than twelve metres of height, five metres width: books pretty tough. The construction of the sculpture "Modern Book Printing" on the Bebelplatz in Berlin took about three days.
Monumental literature being craned.
Monumental literature being craned.
Attention at the book cover!
Attention at the book cover!
High-precision work on world literature.
High-precision work on world literature.
Under protective atmosphere: Hesse, Hegel, Heine.
Under protective atmosphere: Hesse, Hegel, Heine.
Facts and Figures

Background
The sculpture "The Modern book Printing" shortly before the unveiling on April 21st.
The sculpture "The Modern book Printing" shortly before the unveiling on April 21st.
Unveiling of the sculpture "The Modern Book Printing" on April 21st, 2006.
Unveiling of the sculpture "The Modern Book Printing" on April 21st, 2006.
Young author's reading after the unveiling.
Young author's reading after the unveiling.
In the focus of the media: the sculpture "The Modern Book Printing" and Mike de Vries, General Manager of the "Land-of-Ideas" initiative.
In the focus of the media: the sculpture "The Modern Book Printing" and Mike de Vries, General Manager of the "Land-of-Ideas" initiative.
Unveiling of the sculpture "The Modern Book Printing" (from right to left): Clemens-Peter Haase, Head of Department Literature and Translation Promotion of the Goethe Institute, Professor Jutta Limbach, President of the Goethe Institute, the authors Ulrike Draesner, Georg Klein und Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Mike de Vries, Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH.
Unveiling of the sculpture "The Modern Book Printing" (from right to left): Clemens-Peter Haase, Head of Department Literature and Translation Promotion of the Goethe Institute, Professor Jutta Limbach, President of the Goethe Institute, the authors Ulrike Draesner, Georg Klein und Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Mike de Vries, Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH.
The sculpture "The Modern Book Printing" on Bebelplatz in Berlin.
The sculpture "The Modern Book Printing" on Bebelplatz in Berlin.
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