We posed the following statement to a group of emerging artists and asked them to respond creatively.
STATEMENT:
Hosting the World Cup in 2006 and then making it into the final was a fine moment for Germany. It was the first time many people displayed German flags on their cars. Some have even said that at last they felt the world was no longer judging them, but accepting and admiring them. In 2006, the whole world came to Germany and Germany exceeded expectations.
The energy and the spirit evoked in the country coming together to celebrate this time was a catalyst for an ever growing feeling of pride / excitement amongst Germans, young and old – nothing to do with nationalism or patriotism.
The new Germany is unencumbered by a difficult past. The wars are now last century, and they are not the burden of today’s generation. The new Germany is guilt free, young and open to a bright future. Germany’s future is one to be reinvented by its young people.
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