Klara Hobza

''See yourself through the eyes of an animal!"

We know very little about how we are seen by animals or how they perceive us using other senses. Research in the natural sciences on the function and form of eyes can assist us in our understanding. The Animaloculomat, or ’animal ocular-image machine’ is a curious photo booth inviting visitors to participate in an artistic experiment facilitating to see yourself through the eyes of different animals.

This interpretation of animal vision is a quirky, yet plausible speculation.

The Animaloculomat is part of the show Animaloculomataurus.

Klara Hobza (born in 1975, Czech Republic) lives and works in Berlin. Her artistic practice involves performance, video, drawing, and sculpture, and is conceptually held together by narrations of self-imposed endeavors.

Hobza studied at Munich Academy of Fine Arts (with Olaf Metzel), at Columbia University, New York (MFA), and at Rogue Film School, Los Angeles.

Her recent solo exhibitions include Animaloculomat, Artistic Interventions III at Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (2017), 12x12, IBB-Videolounge at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (2013), Salvaging Morse Code at Skulpturmuseum Glaskasten, Marl (2013) and Diving through Europe at Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, (2012). Hobza has participated in group exhibitions at Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich (2015), Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart (2011), Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco (2011) amongst others.

She has been awarded with grants and fellowships from Residency Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2016), Stiftung Kunstfonds (2012), ars viva/BDI (2010), NYFA (2007) and the SculptureCenter Prize (2005) amongst others.