How to Build a Bridge
2022–2024, Scale model of Cessna 175, satellite image, print, MDF boards, aluminium tube, stainless steel cable, pilot kneeboard, Dimensions variable
In 1987, Matthias Rust, a 17-year-old West German, flew alone to Moscow after being disappointed by the result of the US–Soviet summit. Upon his return to Germany, Rust told ARD that it was to “build an imaginary bridge between the West and the East.” (Ich dachte, ich muss ein Zeichen setzen und kam auf die Idee, mit der Cessna eine imaginäre Brücke zwischen West und Ost zu schlagen.) The installation consists of a timeline detailing Rust's flight path and surrounding events, along with a scale model of the Cessna 172 and a satellite image of Kim Il Sung square in North Korea.