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Sculptures
A »very important« project in his career is how Bullermann
describes the »Venus Trap«, which was realised for EXPO 2000 in
Hanover and now stands in the foyer of Europe House at the
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ) in Berlin. Design and execution by »Atelier Iron Age« in
cooperation with Pekka Lappalainen (Finland), Rasmus Frankel
(Denmark), Jeroen Pacquée (Belgium), Robert Björk (Sweden),
Tobias Willi (Switzerland), and the German colleagues Lavinia
Giesen, Gerd Böhmann, Tobias Kessler, and Kathrin Meyer.
As Bullermann explains, the »Venus Trap« is »a static structure
fabricated using modern techniques, which forms the basis for
the kinetic installation in three sections. The elements ‘Yo-Yo’,
‘Transmission’ and ‘Free Spaces’ are interconnected – the way
the ‘first’ and ‘third world’ depend on each other. When one of
the elements is moved, the others shift as well: the shape of the
overall installation changes. The finished piece is approx. 16 m
long and 3.5 m tall. While modern techniques were used in
addition to traditional ones, the design vocabulary of the concept
and realisation is subject to individual and cultural influences.
This coexistence is also found in many development projects,
where techniques of craftsmanship or joining that were often
nearly forgotten are preserved, improved, and put to use.
Sustainability, the guiding principle of cooperative development,
is realised in the reconstruction of the installation in the foyer
of the BMZ Europe House and can communicate its messages
even beyond the time of EXPO 2000,« Bullermann says
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