Kärcher cleans the dam to create Godzilla
As part of its cultural sponsorship, Kärcher, together with cooperation partners, created a reverse graffiti of the famous movie character Godzilla on a dam in Japan.
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Kärcher, the movie figure Godzilla and Saga Prefecture - a surprising combination that has now become reality on a dam in Japan. The occasion of the drawing was the project “Godzilla in Saga Dam Art Project Powered by Karcher'', which was jointly launched with the start of the new project “Godzilla in Saga'' developed as part of Saga Prefecture's communication project “SagaPrise!'' to celebrate two anniversaries: the Iwayagawachi dam in the Japanese prefecture of Saga, which served as the "screen", celebrated its 50th anniversary and the movie figure Godzilla its 70th birthday. By deliberately removing dirt with Kärcher high-pressure cleaners, a drawing was created on the concrete surface of the dam from the contrast between the cleaned and uncleaned surface, showing Godzilla in a big city scene.
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To apply the markings, Kärcher assembled a team of specialists from Germany and flew them to Japan.
This included four industrial climbers who abseiled down from the top of the dam and applied 2,400 marker dots of ecological paint to the polluted surface. They were supported by surveying technicians who used laser technology to mark the corresponding points on the wall from the ground.
Before the figure could be brought to life, the contours had to be drawn. In the second step, the climbers used high-pressure cleaners to work out the motif from the dirt, consisting of moss, lichen and algae growth, according to the principle of “painting by numbers”.
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Godzilla is a famous Japanese movie figure, often depicted as a giant, prehistoric creature. It was first introduced in the 1954 film Godzilla and is often seen as a metaphor for great destructive power. Over the years, Godzilla has become an international icon and has been featured in numerous films, TV shows, comics and video games.
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All facts at a glance
Country: Japan
Place: Prefecture Saga
Soiling: biological growth
Cleaning technology: Coldwater-Highpressure
Execution: November 2024
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