{"id":51438,"date":"2026-04-03T08:29:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/als-christo-das-dai-verpackte\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:08:28","slug":"als-christo-das-dai-verpackte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/als-christo-das-dai-verpackte\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic sheeting, wire and democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>The German-American Institute in Heidelberg (DAI) has been a place for international exchange, debate and art for decades with Christo\u2019s first major wrapping project in 1969 being a remarkable example of that. Founded in 1946, the institute was intended to bring values of the Western world to former Nazi Germany. Today, discussions on the survival of democracy\u2014and on the state of the world\u2014take place in the DAI House of Culture.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wrap up <a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/the-castle-calls\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"7402\">Heidelberg Castle<\/a>? No way! When Christo submitted a request to Heidelberg\u2019s local council in May 1969 asking if he could wrap the bell tower of the venerable building in fabric, the answer was quickly clear. The building was dilapidated and must not even be touched, the city authorities ruled. Let alone wrap it up! So the then completely unknown artist promptly sought out another location: the German-American Institute (DAI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ein roter Roller rast an der Gr\u00fcnderzeitvilla des Heidelberger DAI vorbei.\" class=\"wp-image-50886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The DAI in Heidelberg is situated on a busy road. But a closer look reveals remnants of a botanical garden that was once here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decades later, Lena J\u00f6hnk, who has been director of the DAI since early 2025, is still impressed by the feat of strength that Christo\u2019s first wrapping project presented. With a team of 20 people, 1,900 metres of white woven fabric panels, 900 metres of wire and 450 metres of rope, he transformed the building into a work of art\u2014even if some people grumbled that his project resembled an oversized makeshift bandage rather than an installation. \u201cBut Christo wanted to show the role art can play in public spaces,\u201d says Lena, and the role that the DAI played. In any case, he was sure to spark debate\u2014and attract attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-43-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lena J\u00f6hnk steht am ehemaligen Treppenaufgang des DAI in Heidelberg. Foto: Julian Beekmann\" class=\"wp-image-50968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-43-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-43-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-43-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-43.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lena J\u00f6hnk has been director of the DAI since early 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lena took over the DAI from its long-standing director, Jakob K\u00f6llhofer, after she had spent years at Goethe-Institut branches in T\u00fcrkiye and the US. The question of the public image of her cultural institute is perhaps more relevant now than ever. The changing nature of transatlantic relations poses ever-new challenges for the former Amerikahaus. The director is all the more committed to making space for dialogue. \u201cPromoting democracy is part of our DNA. We are always looking for new ways to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this sunny morning, discussions take place in the public library of the beautiful, stucco-adorned villa designed in historicism style. Today\u2019s content of the discussion is short films and children\u2019s literature. A group of ten-year-olds has set themselves up in front of laptops amongst the floor-to-ceiling bookshelves as part of a film camp. They plan how to make short videos together. This small glimpse into the DAI\u2019s holiday programme shows who the programme is intended for: everyone. There are sewing caf\u00e9s and debating clubs, reading sessions and language courses at all levels. A children\u2019s book festival, an international literature programme and an annual autumn science festival are all part of the institution\u2019s programme. The DAI is also affiliated with three English-speaking nurseries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We operate politically independently<\/p>\n<cite>Lena J\u00f6hnk<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DAI Library is the only non-academic English-language library in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region offering a wide range of literature for children, young people and adults. Part of it could become a caf\u00e9 in the future. \u201cWe want to be a public living room,\u201d says Lena. Together with her team, she regularly invites musicians, artists, journalists and writers such as Daniel Kehlmann, Nora Gomringer and Bernhard Schlink as well as the entire urban community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2018-09-20-HD-Dalai-Lama-336_c_Diemer_Schemel-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2018-09-20-HD-Dalai-Lama-336_c_Diemer_Schemel-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"2018 war der Dalai Lama in Heidelberg zu Gast - und besuchte auch das DAI. Hinter ihm steht der langj\u00e4hrige DAI-Direktor Jakob K\u00f6llhofer. Foto: Diemer Schemel\" class=\"wp-image-50976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2018-09-20-HD-Dalai-Lama-336_c_Diemer_Schemel-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2018-09-20-HD-Dalai-Lama-336_c_Diemer_Schemel-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2018-09-20-HD-Dalai-Lama-336_c_Diemer_Schemel-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2018-09-20-HD-Dalai-Lama-336_c_Diemer_Schemel-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2018-09-20-HD-Dalai-Lama-336_c_Diemer_Schemel-2048x1359.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Dalai Lama was a guest in Heidelberg in 2018\u2014and also visited the DAI. Standing behind him is the DAI\u2019s long-standing director, Jakob K\u00f6llhofer. Photo by Diemer Schemel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are twelve German-American centres in Germany, each with a different focus. The institution in Heidelberg is one of the largest and has a varied offering. Located in a former doctor\u2019s villa at the busy road junction just a few metres from Pl\u00f6ck and Bismarckplatz square, a small remnant of what was once a lush botanical garden has been preserved. Over the course of its history, the building has witnessed a number of election nights (and parties), but also protests such as those against the Vietnam War. Politicians such as Angela Merkel and dignitaries such as the Dalai Lama have been guests here. The lecture programme is high-calibre but not elitist, affirms Lena, who headed the Goethe-Institut\u2019s programme in Washington from 2013 to 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Stuckverziert: Das DAI ist in einer alten Gr\u00fcnderzeitvilla untergebracht, vor der es sogar mal einen \u00fcppigen Botanischen Garten gab. \" class=\"wp-image-50902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DAI2026-10.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stucco-adorned, the DAI building was originally built as a doctor\u2019s villa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What has she learnt from Americans during this time? \u201cOpenness,\u201d says the native of northern Germany. She explains that a \u201cculture of welcome\u201d has become established in the US over a long period of time. Yes, the country has changed significantly in recent times; the gap between cutting-edge science and stark educational deprivation, for instance, is widening ever further. But the idea of freedom and the belief in the power of self-realisation remain as strong as ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Haus3-001-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Haus3-001-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Haus3-001-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Haus3-001-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Haus3-001-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Haus3-001-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Haus3-001-1489x2048.jpg 1489w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Haus3-001-scaled.jpg 1861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the history of the DAI also shows just how much Germany has changed since the institute was founded. \u201cRe-education\u201d was the buzzword back then, used to introduce democracy to the people of former Nazi Germany. When the DAI was founded in 1946, 100 per cent of its funding came from the US. Today, the institute makes its own profits and is funded by the City of Heidelberg and the State of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. In addition, there are minor financial contributions from the Federal Foreign Office and some US funds. \u201cWe operate politically independently,\u201d Lena explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/060022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/060022-1024x735.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/060022-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/060022-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/060022-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/060022-1536x1102.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/060022-2048x1469.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>However, she says it is becoming increasingly important to create and defend \u201cspaces for thought\u201d. How should we deal with crises evolving or prevailing in the US, the Middle East and globally? \u201cOur primary aim is to foster dialogue and start conversations and to keep them going,\u201d says the scientist with a doctorate in cultural studies. To this end, she is constantly experimenting with new event formats\u2014such as the \u201cfishbowl\u201d. The audience sits in the middle of a panel of experts. This blurs the boundaries between the participants on stage and the people in the audience. The spoken word, exchanged directly, remains irreplaceable. All too often, debates are conducted digitally and, as a result, unfortunately become highly polarising.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-27-um-08.43.48.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-27-um-08.43.48-1024x782.png\" alt=\"1969 fand das Kunst-Festival &quot;Intermedia&quot; statt, das Klaus Staeck organisierte. Teil davon war auch Christos erste, gro\u00dfe Verpackungsaktion - des DAI. Foto: Jochen Goetze\" class=\"wp-image-50996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-27-um-08.43.48-1024x782.png 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-27-um-08.43.48-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-27-um-08.43.48-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-27-um-08.43.48-1536x1174.png 1536w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-27-um-08.43.48.png 1628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In 1969, the Intermedia art festival, organised by Klaus Staeck, took place. Part of this was Christo\u2019s first major wrapping project\u2014of the DAI. Photo by Jochen Goetze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m seeing society becoming increasingly polarised.\u201d That is why it is so important to Lena to promote shades of grey in this \u201cever-increasing black-and-white\u201d world. In an institution with an international outlook that embodies cosmopolitanism it is \u201cour task not to convert, but to inspire and convey new perspectives.\u201d Her greatest wish? \u201cI\u2019m happy when people say: \u2018Now I\u2019ve learnt something new.\u2019\u201d That certainly fits perfectly with the approach Christo pursued in 1969. With stoic composure, he had the DAI building wrapped, even though roof tiles were destroyed with significant damage being caused. The fact that the artist\u2019s first wrapping project seemed so amateurish at the time did not bother him. For the foundation of his artistic career had been laid. \u201cIt was probably Christo\u2019s most imperfect work,\u201d the artist Klaus Staeck later recalled of their joint project. Yet it gave rise to a fascination \u201cthat is rarely achieved through perfection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dai-heidelberg.de\">www.dai-heidelberg.de<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German-American Institute in Heidelberg (DAI) has been a place for international exchange, debate and art for decades with Christo\u2019s first major wrapping project in 1969 being a remarkable example of that. Founded in 1946, the institute was intended to bring values of the Western world to former Nazi Germany. 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