On June 27, 1997, from 9:46 to 22:58 Herbert Achternbusch paints a fresco, which covers an area of 20 x 8 meters. Even as a painter Achternbusch is radical, a pioneer of knowledge. He is an optimist. and paint hope. He's making a film in two weeks, writes a play in five days and paints as if the sun would not rise again the next day. This way of working, this vortex is the hallmark of his work.
—Ulf Kjell Gür