Klara Hobza Departing America en
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Exhibition at GFLK:
Klara Hobza
DEPARTING AMERICA
Opening: Friday, November 13, 7pm
Exhibition dates: November 14, 2009–January 23, 2010
Hours: Tue–Fri 2–6pm, Sat 12–3pm and by appointment
Click here to download the invitation card as PDF (675 KB)
Part I: Diary of the departure from New York, English version
Teil I: Transport-Tagebuch New York, deutsche Version
Part II - Hamburg:
The Dublin Express transporting Klara Hobza’s "retrospective" from New York to Hamburg
Warehouse at the Port of Hamburg
Waiting for the Exmeralda
Departure of the Exmeralda with raft and freight in tow
The Elbe River Unit 1 moving the freight from the Elbe into the loading canals
At the Herrengraben canal, below the windows of the gallery
Hoisting the freight up and into the Galerie fuer Landschaftskunst
Hoisting the raft up and into the gallery
Departing America, credits / Dank:
Boating / Schlepper:
Paul Lerin, David Schorr, Till Krause
Raft consultant / Floßbau-Beratung:
Hans Bach
Crane engineer / Kranbau:
Boris Füting mit Till Krause
Crane rope / Kranseil
courtesy of Bruno Brandi
Crane operators / Kranführung:
Jörg Wendt, Anna-Lena Wenzel, Boris Füting, Ruth Tieskötter, Daniel Maier-Reimer
Crane coordinator / Koordination Kranung:
Ruth Tieskötter
Maritime advisory board / Gewässer-Beratung:
John McGarvey, Liz Linden, Annie Shaw, David Schorr, Frank Lüsing, Jan Peters, Stefanie Becker
Exmeralda
courtesy of David Schorr
Elbe River Unit 1
courtesy of Bob Braine
Camera / Kamera:
Zach Rockhill, Eric Anglès, Florian Hüttner, Ralf Weißleder, Daniel Maier-Reimer, Till Krause, NDR
Morse Code
Morse Code (Detail)
Morse Code (Detail)
Starlings / Departing America
Starlings (Detail)
Departing America (Detail)
Knots
Knots
Paper Airplanes
Paper Airplanes
Paper Airplanes (Detail)
Paper Airplanes (Detail)
Paper Airplanes (Detail)
Paper Airplanes (detail)
Paper Airplanes (Detail)
The crane
All photos in this vertical line by Jens Rathman, except for images no. 3, 12, 13, and 14