How we made the Wrapped Reichstag

Christo: ‘It took 24 years and we had to negotiate with six different presidents. Then it only stayed up for two weeks’It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen: 100 rock climbers abseiling down the facade of the Reichstag, slowly unfurling this huge silvery curtain. There were no cranes or machinery, just people descending in a kind of aerial ballet. It was 1995 and huge crowds came to watch. Then, when it was finished, they came up to stroke the fabric.Related: Chris