The world's largest Santa Claus appeared on a rock face just above Montreux on Wednesday evening. Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter was behind the light projection project.
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Maior Papai Noel do mundo ilumina montanha na Suíça
The huge, colourful figure was projected onto an area around 700 metres long and 400 metres high – onto a rock face a good 2,300 metres away. The installation was therefore “not easy to accomplish,” artist Gerry Hofstetter told Keystone-SDA news agency.
According to Hofstetter, the action was tricky with the prevailing humidity, the clouds and the moon.
With this projection, the Swiss artist wants to convey a message: “We should always keep dreaming and remain a little child,” he said – “and hope, because light is hope”.
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