PRESSURE WASHING & STEAM CLEANING Chungju Dam,
South Korea In October 2012, Klaus, alongside a German-Korean team of Kärcher employees, industrial climbers and surveyors, created the “Horang-ee” (Tiger) artwork at the Chungju Dam.
Located around 100km south of Seoul, the Chungju Dam is the largest in South Korea – holding more than 2.7 billion cubic metres of water, the dam has supplied the capital city and region with drinking water since 1985. The site also produces energy and protects against flooding.
The “Horang-ee” artwork depicts a tiger, which was drawn into the dirt on the 447-metre long, 98-metre high dam using Kärcher’s high pressure cleaners.
The irregular surface and numerous fixtures on the wall presented a challenge and as different parts of the wall had different levels of dirt, the artwork had to be positioned very precisely. So that all of the different parts could be reached, the artist and the industrial climbers helping to do the job had to abseil down the crest of the wall.
The dirt that needed to be removed from the dam was mostly organic, such as algae, lichens and moss that the Kärcher pressure washers could easily handle without the use of chemicals.
Eibenstock Dam Fact File
Built: 1974-87 Height: 57m
Length: 307.5m
Location: Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony Products Used: Kärcher HD 13/18-4 S High Pressure Washer
Immersion Pressure Pump SPP 60
Eibenstock Dam,
Germany In early 2012, Klaus Dauven and Kärcher teamed up to create their third large-scale ‘reverse graffiti’ artwork on the Eibenstock Dam in Saxony, Germany, this time using three HD 13/18-4 S cold water high- pressure cleaners.
Once again using high-pressure cleaners, Dauven and co etched a drawing out of the 30-year old dirt depicting two native trout in a picture, called “Kingdom of Fishes”. Kärcher were again on hand to offer support and advice, contributing both their expertise and technology.
The two trout in the artwork are positioned one of top of the other, and stretch across the entire width of the dam wall in arguably one of the collaboration’s most impressive pieces of work. They are drawn cut across lengthways and the way that they are depicted seems to create the
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impression of movement, like they appear to be moving in the water.
The river trout is native to the Ore Mountains around which the dam resides, and is an important bioindicator, because it can only survive in very clear water. The image of the fish is therefore considered to be symbolic of the quality of the drinking water in the Eibenstock reservoir.
The Eibenstock Dam went into operation in 1982. It is the largest drinking water reservoir in the Saxony region of German, with a capacity of around 64 million cubic metres of water. The dam also helps in providing flood protection, raising low water levels and generating power and measures around 300 metres in length and 57 metres in height.
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