Gerling AG - Frankfurt
New Year Reception 2001 

Date / Venue:
2001 - Frankfurt am Main

Preparation time:
approx. 03 months

Event duration:
Evening event

Target groups:
Clients
Board of directors
Staff

No. of guests:
approx. 100

Background:
The Gerling Insurance company organised a New Year reception party in their Frankfurt subsidiary. The circumstances leading up to the event were a customer loyalty campaign and an address of thanks to the company's staff for their hard work throughout the year 2000.

Agency task:
The Frankfurt subsidiary, Gerling Industrie Service GmbH Südwest, commissioned COMMPANY to manage the organisation and coordination of the New Year reception in Frankfurt. The key focus was on finding a suitable supporting program for the evening.

Organisational services:
Entire organisation
Scheduling
Production management
Production assistance
Cost planning
Organisation of the show program

Show program(s):
Lothar Krebs (artist)
Ladies Swing Quartett

Event technology:
Video technology, projection screens etc.
Light and sound technology
Power supply and distribution

Specialities:
COMMPANY acquired artist Lothar Krebs to create a painting especially for the Gerling reception.

Lothar Krebs, born in Hanau, Germany in1961, grew up in Ceylon, Pakistan and Iran. He is a painter and illustrator and divides his work into illustrations, art projects and free painting. His form of artistic expression was shaped by long stays in Asia, the Orient and Africa, reflected by his often ethnically inspired motifs. He applies the colours, shapes and sign language of foreign cultures and develops his own metaphorical language from them.

At the Gerling New Year reception, Lothar Krebs created a painting "live", which now has its own special place within the company's building and so acts as a lasting memento for all the staff.