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title: "The dream ship Aunt Olga"
url: "https://visit.kassel.de/en/poi/the-dream-ship-aunt-olga"
description: "Bringing children's dreams to the cityThis means of transportation, which is based on a paper boat folded by a child's hand, looks like something out of a dream. Shortly before the opening of documenta 6, the artist Anatol sailed with this ship for several days from Dangast on the Jade Bay via the Weser and Fulda to the Karlsaue in Kassel. A barge towed the one-ton object made of polyester, wire and wood. Placed on the grounds of the Heinrich Schütz School, the ship is now a symbol of peace and imagination and a reminder of the long-ago art project."
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The dream ship Aunt Olga
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The dream ship "Tante Olga", built by Anatol for documenta 6 in 1977, anchors on the open-air grounds of the Heinrich Schütz School.

 Bringing children's dreams to the cityThis means of transportation, which is based on a paper boat folded by a child's hand, looks like something out of a dream. Shortly before the opening of documenta 6, the artist Anatol sailed with this ship for several days from Dangast on the Jade Bay via the Weser and Fulda to the Karlsaue in Kassel. A barge towed the one-ton object made of polyester, wire and wood. Placed on the grounds of the Heinrich Schütz School, the ship is now a symbol of peace and imagination and a reminder of the long-ago art project.

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