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NEWS
WORK IN PROGRESS
(2023 – ongoing)
Imprints
Of Trees and Cars
BOOKS
Hanne Darboven. Am Burgberg
My Dreamhouse is not a House
One Day You Will Miss Me
COMPLETED
WORKS
(2014 – 2024)
Weikendorf
Hanne Darboven. Am Burgberg (film)
What Remains!?
Let the Game Begin
Mapping Split 3
A March in the City
Graz-Vienna
We Come Together
My Dreamhouse is not a House
My Dreamhouse is Daydreams (film)
One Day You Will Miss Me
ARCHIVE
(2007 – 2014)
The Party
Public Exercise
Cathrine’s Street
Wandeling
Venice
Acaciapark
Neighbours
Annen Street
Private
Archive Theleman Alley
Untitled
Room Nr. 121-136
Brugse Poort
Darling
Clearing (Archive Kurt Wehlte)
Francis in the Morning
Magritte on a Sunday
CONTACT
Special Edition: Hanne Darboven. Am Burgberg
2025The Edition includes:
Signed book with 2 pigmentprints on FOMEI Archival Velvet 265g
Each print 15 x 22 cm
Ed 17, signed and numbered
Price: 270,00 EUR
The Special Edition can be purchased at and the editions
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Julia Gaisbacher - Hanne Darboven. Am Burgberg
Publisher: Dietmar Rübel
Publishing House: Hatje Cantz
Design: Fernando Gallegos, Jonas Kirchner
Text: Petra Lange-Berndt, Dietmar Rübel
Hardcover, 168 x 242 mm, 240 p
Languages: German / English
ISBN 978-3-7757-5922-9
The publication concludes Julia Gaisbacher’s long-time exploration of Hanne Darboven’s Künstlerinnenhaus and at the same time continues her own work on “dream houses.” The Viennese artist’s photographs provide sensitive insights into Hanne Darboven’s studios in the south of Hamburg in Germany. The five houses on the unique estate served as Darboven’s living and working space for 40 years. To this day, the ensemble also functions as a treasury for thousands of objects and artworks. Gaisbacher’s precisely composed black-and-white photographs of the rooms, whose seemingly chaotic abundance contrasts sharply with the strict order of Darboven’s works on paper, create a compelling artistic dialog about time and space between the generations. The special edition consists of a signed copy of the book and two photographs from the series.
Hanne Darboven (1941–2009) lived and worked in Hamburg and is one of the most prominent conceptual artists of the 20th century. In the 1960s, she was among the earliest proponents of this groundbreaking international movement; she also was an attentive observer of her time and the historical and contemporary currents in politics, culture and society.
Julia Gaisbacher (*1983) lives and works in Vienna. She studied art history at the University of Graz and sculpture at the Dresden University of Fine Arts, as well as the Sint-Lukas School of Arts in Brussels. In her work, she applies methods of artistic research, an approach that focuses on architecture and the urban landscape as human living environments.
Signed book with 2 pigmentprints on FOMEI Archival Velvet 265g
Each print 15 x 22 cm
Ed 17, signed and numbered
Price: 270,00 EUR
The Special Edition can be purchased at and the editions
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Julia Gaisbacher - Hanne Darboven. Am Burgberg
Publisher: Dietmar Rübel
Publishing House: Hatje Cantz
Design: Fernando Gallegos, Jonas Kirchner
Text: Petra Lange-Berndt, Dietmar Rübel
Hardcover, 168 x 242 mm, 240 p
Languages: German / English
ISBN 978-3-7757-5922-9
The publication concludes Julia Gaisbacher’s long-time exploration of Hanne Darboven’s Künstlerinnenhaus and at the same time continues her own work on “dream houses.” The Viennese artist’s photographs provide sensitive insights into Hanne Darboven’s studios in the south of Hamburg in Germany. The five houses on the unique estate served as Darboven’s living and working space for 40 years. To this day, the ensemble also functions as a treasury for thousands of objects and artworks. Gaisbacher’s precisely composed black-and-white photographs of the rooms, whose seemingly chaotic abundance contrasts sharply with the strict order of Darboven’s works on paper, create a compelling artistic dialog about time and space between the generations. The special edition consists of a signed copy of the book and two photographs from the series.
Hanne Darboven (1941–2009) lived and worked in Hamburg and is one of the most prominent conceptual artists of the 20th century. In the 1960s, she was among the earliest proponents of this groundbreaking international movement; she also was an attentive observer of her time and the historical and contemporary currents in politics, culture and society.
Julia Gaisbacher (*1983) lives and works in Vienna. She studied art history at the University of Graz and sculpture at the Dresden University of Fine Arts, as well as the Sint-Lukas School of Arts in Brussels. In her work, she applies methods of artistic research, an approach that focuses on architecture and the urban landscape as human living environments.
Hanne Darboven. Am Burgberg
2025Publisher Hatje Cantz
Editor Dietmar Rübel
Author Julia Gaisbacher
Book design, photography editor Fernando Gallegos
Graphic design Jonas Kirchner
Text Petra Lange-Berndt & Dietmar Rübel
German, English
16,2 x 23.5 cm, 240 pages, Hardcover
Funded by
Liebelt Foundation Hamburg
The Austrian Federal Chancellery
Bildrecht Wien
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Shortlist
The 2025 Book Award, Author Book Award, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles (FR)
The publication concludes Julia Gaisbacher’s long-time exploration of Hanne Darboven’s home and workplace with the address “Am Burgberg” and at the same time continues her own work on “dream houses.” The Viennese artist’s photographs provide sensitive insights into Hanne Darboven’s studios in the south of Hamburg, Germany. The five houses on the unique estate served as Darboven’s living and working space for 40 years. To this day, the ensemble also functions as a treasury for thousands of objects and artworks. Gaisbacher ’s precisely composed black-and-white photographs of the rooms, whose seemingly chaotic abundance contrasts sharply with the strict order of Darboven’s works on paper, create a compelling artistic dialogue about time and space between the generations.
Hanne Darboven (1941–2009) lived and worked in Hamburg and is one of the most prominent conceptual artists of the 20th century. In the 1960s, she was among the earliest proponents of this groundbreaking international movement; she was also an attentive observer of her time and the historical and contemporary currents in politics, culture and society.
Book presentations 2025
-> UPCOMING: 07. 10. 2025, 6pm
Camera Austria, Graz (AT)
Julia Gaisbacher in conversation with Christine Frisinghelli
21. 05. 2025
FOTO ARSENAL WIEN, Vienna (AT)
Julia Gaisbacher in conversation with Felix Hoffmann
07. 05. 2025
Lenbachhaus, Munich (DE)
Julia Gaisbacher, Samira Yildirim, Dietmar Rübel
30. 04. 2025
Warburg Haus, Hamburg (DE),
Julia Gaisbacher, Petra Lange-Berndt, Dietmar Rübel
Radio Feature
Ö1 Leporello
Hanne Darboven: Kunst und Konzept
from Anna Soucek
20. 05 2025
Art Fairs
ART BASEL
Hatje Cantz, Foyer Halle 2.0
Date: 17. – 19. 06. 2025
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Please also have a look at the film:
Hanne Darboven. Am Burgberg, 2023, HD, 43:00min, German with English subtitles
The 2025 Book Award, Author Book Award, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles (FR)
The publication concludes Julia Gaisbacher’s long-time exploration of Hanne Darboven’s home and workplace with the address “Am Burgberg” and at the same time continues her own work on “dream houses.” The Viennese artist’s photographs provide sensitive insights into Hanne Darboven’s studios in the south of Hamburg, Germany. The five houses on the unique estate served as Darboven’s living and working space for 40 years. To this day, the ensemble also functions as a treasury for thousands of objects and artworks. Gaisbacher ’s precisely composed black-and-white photographs of the rooms, whose seemingly chaotic abundance contrasts sharply with the strict order of Darboven’s works on paper, create a compelling artistic dialogue about time and space between the generations.
Hanne Darboven (1941–2009) lived and worked in Hamburg and is one of the most prominent conceptual artists of the 20th century. In the 1960s, she was among the earliest proponents of this groundbreaking international movement; she was also an attentive observer of her time and the historical and contemporary currents in politics, culture and society.
Book presentations 2025
-> UPCOMING: 07. 10. 2025, 6pm
Camera Austria, Graz (AT)
Julia Gaisbacher in conversation with Christine Frisinghelli
21. 05. 2025
FOTO ARSENAL WIEN, Vienna (AT)
Julia Gaisbacher in conversation with Felix Hoffmann
07. 05. 2025
Lenbachhaus, Munich (DE)
Julia Gaisbacher, Samira Yildirim, Dietmar Rübel
30. 04. 2025
Warburg Haus, Hamburg (DE),
Julia Gaisbacher, Petra Lange-Berndt, Dietmar Rübel
Radio Feature
Ö1 Leporello
Hanne Darboven: Kunst und Konzept
from Anna Soucek
20. 05 2025
Art Fairs
ART BASEL
Hatje Cantz, Foyer Halle 2.0
Date: 17. – 19. 06. 2025
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Please also have a look at the film:
Hanne Darboven. Am Burgberg, 2023, HD, 43:00min, German with English subtitles
Imprints
2023 – 2025Funded by
Kunstraum Steiermark scholarship, The Province of Styria (AT) The Austrian Federal Chancellery (AT) The City of Graz (AT)
Imprints is an ongoing photographic project by Julia Gaisbacher that explores the layere intersections of personal and collective memory, architectural development, and social transformation. The point of departure is the “Terrassenhaussiedlung” in Graz – a brutalist housing complex from the early 1970s where Gaisbacher grew up.
The series examines how we perceive spaces to which we return, how personal archives resonate within contemporary contexts, and how places become carriers of memory – both for those who once lived there and for those who inhabit them today.
At the heart of Imprints lies a visual dialogue between past and present. Gaisbacher juxtaposes her recent photographs of the housing complex – including images of the vacant apartment of the estate’s recently deceased architect – with material from her family photo archive. The result is a layered narrative in which personal histories intertwine with architectural traces.
Imprints invites viewers to step into these in-between spaces – not as voids, but as charged sites of meaning. The photographs reveal what is often overlooked: the quiet yet persistent signs of change that shape both our built environments and our lived realities – and, in turn, ourselves.
The series examines how we perceive spaces to which we return, how personal archives resonate within contemporary contexts, and how places become carriers of memory – both for those who once lived there and for those who inhabit them today.
At the heart of Imprints lies a visual dialogue between past and present. Gaisbacher juxtaposes her recent photographs of the housing complex – including images of the vacant apartment of the estate’s recently deceased architect – with material from her family photo archive. The result is a layered narrative in which personal histories intertwine with architectural traces.
Imprints invites viewers to step into these in-between spaces – not as voids, but as charged sites of meaning. The photographs reveal what is often overlooked: the quiet yet persistent signs of change that shape both our built environments and our lived realities – and, in turn, ourselves.
Of Trees and Cars
2021 - 2025Funded by the AIR program from the Province of Styria, in collaboration with Motel Trogir association, 2021 & 2023
Of Trees and Cars deals with the Trstenik district within Split 3, a former Yugoslavian, brutalist residential district, in Split/Croatia and the change of its public and communal spaces over the last decades.
The work focuses on the generously laid out open spaces between the blocks of houses, which were intended as regeneration areas in the original development plan. Due to political changes from 1991 onwards, these formerly nationalised areas were returned to the original owners and are thus no longer part of the adjacent housing blocks. The privatisation resulted in neglected open spaces, new buildings and, above all, car parks that were not intended to be there and destroyed the original structure of the housing estates.
At the centre of the work is a small park that was planted in 2009/2010 by the residents with 55 trees (today there are still 30) to counteract the spread of illegal parking spaces and real estate speculation and to offer the children from the neighbourhood a small green oasis with a clean stream, benches and a swing.
The work is a continuation of the piece
Mapping Split 3
The work focuses on the generously laid out open spaces between the blocks of houses, which were intended as regeneration areas in the original development plan. Due to political changes from 1991 onwards, these formerly nationalised areas were returned to the original owners and are thus no longer part of the adjacent housing blocks. The privatisation resulted in neglected open spaces, new buildings and, above all, car parks that were not intended to be there and destroyed the original structure of the housing estates.
At the centre of the work is a small park that was planted in 2009/2010 by the residents with 55 trees (today there are still 30) to counteract the spread of illegal parking spaces and real estate speculation and to offer the children from the neighbourhood a small green oasis with a clean stream, benches and a swing.
The work is a continuation of the piece
Mapping Split 3