Today is summer. Idleness breeds evil, so some think. Sweet idleness, origin of creativity, it is for others. Creatively, I decide that my suit is far too warm for the present weather and that I should take advantage of this Sunday to buy me a new summer outfit.

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Outside the atmosphere is cheerful. It's sunny and people seem relaxed – for the first time ever since I have arrived in this city. Today the casual stroller encounters a rich and varied display of ideologies throughout public space. It all begins with this old man who asks me in English whether I speak German.

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Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight! May 1st and l'art engagé.

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Valentino danced in Norma Desmond's villa on Sunset Boulevard. Joschka Fischer threw stones at the police in Frankfurt. Today I'd like to be back in Norma Desmond's house on Sunset Boulevard.

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Conversation between Michael Hierholzer (journalist), Wonge Bergmann (photographer), both of them working for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a German major national newspaper, and William Holden.

MH: Although it is not a simple story, because…
WB: Yes, one needs a lot of time (laugh)
MH: Exactly, one needs a lot of time.

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Please scroll down for German text

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Welcome to Africa!
(Note: scroll down for German text.)

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Shapiro: Hey Schultz, sprechen Sie Deutsches?
Sgt. Schulz: Ja?
Shapiro: Then droppen Sie dead!

Images: Martin Kippenberger, "The Problem Perspective", catalogue, MOCA LA
William Holden, "Stalag 17"

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Who is William Holden in Frankfurt?
Credits: picture of Martin Kippenberger taken from: www.taschen.com, Albert Oehlen and Martin Kippenberger in his studio at Friesenplatz, Cologne, 1983. Fotos: Bernhard Schaub
picture of William Holden taken from: www.allposters.com

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