“Schweigen”, 2006/07

Name Artist: Gunda Förster, *1967 in Berlin
Title: “Schweigen”, 2006/07
Location: Bridge by the Ostendorf-Gymnasium

The words "swim" and "fly" are mounted onto the bridge in neon capitals. The words are switched on and off independently of each other, resulting in various states of overlapping. With the overlapping, a third piece of lettering becomes visible: “Say nothing”. a secret, a concept of longing arises out of the banality of the two “real” words. The water’s surface duplicates the words, causes them to shine back out of the water in mirror writing.