Six unexpectedly large dice lie in the grass, as if someone had just thrown them. The result is
clear, the dice are fixed and cannot be thrown again. ‘alea iacta est’ – The die is cast: This also
applies to the federal elections that have just taken place. The ‘big throw’ has been made!
Six dice representing the parties currently represented in the Bundestag, made from discarded
election posters with the motifs on the inside, invite us not to play a board game this time, but to
engage in creative mind games! Perhaps politics is a big game – strategic, opinion-forming, but also
always offering the chance for a new beginning. Is the roll of the dice as difficult to influence as
one might hope that an election will bring about change?
Are voters like the pieces on the Ludo board game, rolling the dice to move forward, to make a
difference, but also to be thrown out?