Certainly, Germans will be nudged to reconsider the meaning of the Reichstag–completed in 1894, torched (probably by the Nazis, who blamed it on the Communists) in 1933 and nearly destroyed during World War II. It’s Mated to be restored as the capitol of a reunited Germany by 1999. But the art part is a different matter. Christo started wrapping tin cans in 1958 and worked his way up to the Pont Neuf in Paris in 1985. The supershroudings have been pretty much the same 1960s game played out on different models. With the Reichstag done, why not just issue a “Wrap This!” interactive CD-ROM and let everyman be his own Christo?
