oa krimmel [oak] - SCULPTURE

OAK, »HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN [Walther PPK_nitted]«, Mixed Media, 2025

#White album · American gun magazine · John Lennon · Walther PPK

OAK, »ZebraTower«, Kaltplastik, 15x5m, 2026

#The world's first TV tower · 70th anniversary · Publikumsliebling

OAK, »Paradise Lost«, 2026 , Alabaster hand painted, Neon Foil

#Climate · Polar ice melt · Bambi

OAK, »Extinction to Go / The [Nuclear] Football«, 2024/25 , Mixed Media

Laser-Stereolithography, Photopolymer handpainted, 499,77mm x 439,31mm x 292,12mm (Ph. Igor Panitz)

LUDWIG GIES PRIZE FOR SCULPTURE 2025 · Awarded by LETTER Stiftung Cologne

»The potentially most dangerous object on our planet. Officially referred to as the „Presidential Emergency Satchel,“ this atomic briefcase enables the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear strike. It allows for the launch of individual strategic missiles or even a global nuclear attack. In American parlance, this powerful case is euphemistically called „The [Nuclear] Football.“

Since the 1960s, this bulging leather briefcase has always remained close to the president >never more than an arm‘s length away< under the watchful eye of a specially assigned military aide. A briefcase as a symbol of power and global deterrence, balancing politics and responsibility >>> “The Football“ is by no means just a piece of luggage but rather the control unit for a potential worldwide nuclear Armageddon, ultimately dependent on the decision of a single individual.