We Are Humans After All

More than 1.9 million people alone looked at Patrick Salmen’s declaration of love to the beard on YouTube (›rostrotkupferbraunfastbronze‹). Why? Because he describes the lunacy of daily life in a nutshell. Because he unmasks the tear-jerking humour in absurd things such as the Jochen-Schweizer- adventure coupon and self-made photo collages. Because he shows us a human menagerie of sarcastic pensioners, sharp-tongued waiters and cynical postmen like a zoologist – with scientific interest and very quiet astonishment at most. With the wisdom of a poet, the true explorer of human nature, the cabaret artist and poetry slammer Salmen recognises: we are all humans after all.