“The hat idea was a hybrid between an ordinary plastic construction helmet and the elegant, high Stetson cowboy hat of Eric “Hoss” Cartwright from the TV western series BONANZA of the 1960/70s. It was for me, on one hand, an open image on the building boom of Berlin, and on the other hand, the Bonanza mood of the then soon-to-be bursting Internet bubble of the late 90s. ⁠

Young, smart startup people in Berlin Mitte drive home in a Porsche and met this “strange” group of vernissage guests in front of the gallery door in Torstrasse.⁠