Heavenly salvos
Did you notice? Niki de Saint Phalle’s angel at Zurich Central Station has a new companion. A cute but gigantic Cupid has made himself at home in the station hall, covering an area of over 300 square meters.
Catching the eye Niki de Saint Phalle's angel in Zurich's main station has a new companion. A cute but gigantic cupid has made himself at home in the hall, covering an area of over 300 square meters. Opposite the meeting point, of all places, the bringer of love floats in front of a romantic evening sky. Instead of the classic bow and arrow, however, the cute little angel features a fully automatic machine gun. "The messenger of love has had to be upgraded since he started working for the dating agency Swissfriends.ch," says Pius Walker, who brought the angel to Zurich. With almost 100,000 members, his new client's website is the largest dating site in Switzerland. Little Cupid can also be proud that ten babies are already born every week from Swissfriends partnerships. Cupid can be less pleased that a motif has now appeared with which Y&R Singapore advertised a dating platform okcupid.com back in 2007. But this Cupid with a machine gun also needs a helicopter for his services, while the Zurich man hits the target in free flight. Besides, what could be more universal than love - and therefore Cupid as the omnipresent god of interpersonal encounters. (pan)
