The METROPOLINK #10 Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year! We are particularly pleased about this, as we have been a sponsor since the very first festival.
In 2015, the opening with SweetUno’s wall took place on our premises. And in this anniversary year, SweetUno is one of the artists helping to create this year’s festival highlight.
Metropolink's Monument Tower
Germany’s tallest piece of urban art, the METROPOLINKS MONUMENTURM, is currently being created in Heidelberg. This summer, the 80-metre-high chimney tower of the Heidelberg municipal heating plant
will become Germany’s tallest piece of urban art.
Pencil and art object
The tower motif is a pencil: the simple tool combines many of the characteristics that Heidelberg stands for: Education, science, research, craftsmanship, art and culture. Since 2014, Heidelberg has been the first German UNESCO City of Literature and a member of the Creative Cities network. The ferrule is a typical identifying feature of the pencil: the iron ring holds the red eraser in place. “The pencil stands for technical and artistic design and for expressing oneself at any time. Everyone can use the pencil, without electricity, without Wi-Fi and the integrated eraser stands for a healthy error culture,” explains Pascal Baumgärtner, director, curator and initiator of Metropolink.
The internationally renowned artists Case Maclaim and Stohead, Mina Mania and SweetUno will design the tower.
A total area of 1,500 square meters at a height of around 80 meters is being designed. We are looking forward to the result.
The festival takes place from 25.07.-03.08.24. Tickets and further information can be found on the festival homepage. www.metropolink.art
