Overview

• Berlin’s Governing Mayor Kai Wegner inaugurated the projection on Monday by pressing a symbolic buzzer
• The initiative is backed by the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation, cultural manager Peter Schwenkow and entrepreneur Roland Specker at a cost of roughly €500,000
• Each projection cycle lasts about ten minutes and runs from around 21:30 to 1:00 AM on the Reichstag’s west facade
• The original 1995 installation covered the building in 100,000 square meters of silvery fabric and attracted about five million visitors
• June 13 marks what would have been the 90th birthday of both Christo and Jeanne-Claude, adding personal resonance to the light installation