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Regarding Finale 2.0:
In German, reaching the finale can apply equally to
the climax of a concert or the last round of the
World Cup. By defini�on, something has to precede
the finale, whether this be years of prac�ce and
training, of being repeatedly put to the test, some
moments of glory along the way… And even then,
there is no certainty about the final result.
A�er centuries of wai�ng for the Messiah, a�er
one-and-a-half to two years of Jesus‘ public minis-
try, a�er his suffering, death and resurrec�on, one
can declare this finale to have reached its conclusi-
on at Pentecost. God, the Holy Spirit, lives in and
amongst us.
And now we can look forward in an�cipa�on of a
new Finale 3.0.
2.0?
2.0, a currently fashionable term invented in inter-
net language, means that interac�on can and
should take place between users and technology or,
analogously, between users and art.
This is the case here with Finale 2.0: the language
of this art differs from what know in everyday life.
For the things experienced or imagined, the ar�st
finds other words, other pictures, other sounds...
for this reality. If we “listen” to these pictures, we
will discover new means of access to the life of Je-
sus. But “listening” also means taking �me, consi-
dering and reconsidering at leisure, observing in
oneself the resul�ng feelings, thoughts… In Hennry
Wirth’s words, “…The objects, drawings and pictu-
res force one into a new and different way of
seeing. The encounter with the cross and the res-
urrec�on, which has taken on everyday familiarity,
suddenly appears in a new light. If this succeeds, it
will be a great joy to me!”
And Finale 3.0?
“We know, however, that the whole crea�on now
con�nues to groan under its condi�on, as if it were
in pains of childbirth. And even we, to whom God
has of course already given his Spirit, the first part
of our future inheritance, even we con�nue to gro-
an inwardly, because the full comple�on of our
des�ny as God’s sons and daughters has not yet
come.”
Romans 8:22-23