At the age of about fifteen, I was an avid reader of SciFi books. Perry Rhodan, a weekly digest-size booklet not unlike American style pulp magazines, was one of my all-time favourites. My dad, most likely inspired by my vivid descriptions of the Perry Rhodan characters, created this peculiar sculpture out of hinges, springs and other metal bits and pieces he had lying around in his workshop and gave it to me as a birthday gift.
More on my dad’s life and works of art and architecture can be found under:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Friedrich_Brockmann
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