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  • double room with shower/WC
  • room size 15 m
  • in the historical part of the building
  • 3rd floor
  • facing the railway
  • not openable sound insulating window
  • air conditioning system
  • double bed 160 x 200 cm
  • wooden floor

The Poor Poet

The spirit of Carl Spitzweg is present here in what is perhaps his most famous painting. Artist Andreas Paeslack used the painting as the basic motif for his room installation, creating what amounts to a three-dimensional reproduction of it. The aspect of an audience is created by an apparent opening into the room, which gives visitors to the “Hamburger Bahnhof” museum a view into the room. Thus in this game the guest, as the poor poet, becomes part of the central motif together with the room.

Andreas Paeslack

b. 1966, lives in Berlin. Studied 1991-99 HfbK, Dresden. Production of numerous projects chiefly in Weimar and Dresden since 1997.

Andreas Paeslack