Swedish artist Karl Holmqvist began the processual site-specific artworkExistential Staircase
Existenzielles Treppenhaus of the Fridericianum inthe building's stairway. Written in black
marker up and down the stairwellare the Five Ws: WER!!? WANN!!? WAS!!? WO!!? andWARUM!!? or
WHO!!? WHEN!!? WHAT!!? WHERE!!? andWHY!!? The questions written in capital letters and
arranged individuallyor in groups dominate the side and front walls of the staircase as well
asthe landings.
