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Part of the budget for any public building is earmarked for art. In the case of the ICC Berlin, it was spent on the following:
Light sculpture in the Central Lobby area
The large light sculpture in the central lobby area is the work of Berlin sculptor Frank Oehring. It was created in consultation with the husband and wife team of Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte, the architects responsible for the ICC Berlin. The light sculpture penetrates through three floors of the building and was designed to connect with the structure of the main technical control centre, located in the entrance area. Its fluorescent lines and the chosen forms are intended to symbolize the nerve system of the various technical facilities, converging on the place from which the operation of all systems throughout the building is monitored and controlled.
Press Bar
The Berlin painter Kurt Mühlenhaupt, one of a number of artists invited to enter a competition for the purpose, won the commission to produce several panels for the press bar in the bridge structure. These paintings show characteristic scenes from the various Berlin districts. The depictions of his home town through the medium of art lend the press bar a distinctive flair which appeals in particular to out-of town visitors to the ICC Berlin.
Lobby of Hall 2
The jury at the same competition further recommended that the Krefeld artist Adolf Luther be commissioned to install his typical mirror elements in the side lobby of Hall 2. These reflect reality - sometimes laterally inverted and slightly blurred - and dramatically change the spatial effect, lending a more festive accent to the room.
Art in the ICC Berlin
The works described above were specifically included in the scope of the building contract, but the budget did not stretch to any additional purchases. In 1980 a spontaneous effort was mounted to persuade the parties involved in planning and building the ICC Berlin to supplement the interior decoration of the building by donating works from contemporary Berlin artists. With assistance from members of the original competition jury, works were selected which, although by no means complete, give nevertheless a more or less representative impression of Berlin's art scene today.
Photos of building workers
The Berlin architect and photographer Gerhard Ullmann spent some time in the company of the steel construction workers when they were piecing together the roof. The photographs he took are works of considerable artistic value and were acquired for display in the building.
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