3 days before WW II ended, Daniel Hartlaub´s uncle, Felix Hartlaub (*1913), a draughtsman and writer, boarded a train and disappeared, leaving behind a short life full of mysteries and unanswered questions.
The exhibition Lights, All Awry In the Sky brings together the works of draughtsman and filmmaker Daniel Hartlaub and musician and filmmaker Keith Rodway.
The center piece of the exhibition will be their latest ongoing project together, Vanished. The Curious Life and Death of Felix Hartlaub, presenting live music, animations and drawings.
The parallels to the realities of today’s world seem clear. The mystery and strangeness which surrounds Felix’s life, and which is reflected in his work, is due to the uncertain times he lived in: a world seemingly falling apart.
With their work Daniel and Keith try to lay open these parallels and it can thus be seen as a warning not to let history repeat itself.

The exhibition was curated by Katrin Kobberger.

LIGHTS, ALL AWRY IN THE SKY
at Electro Studios Project Space, St Leonards on Sea, UK
Solo exhibition
2025
Black Drawings / Videos / Various objects / Projections
Live-Music performance