"Einst dem Grau der Nacht enttaucht” is part of Hildebrandt’s series of felt pad paintings. This series is more limited than others due to the rarity of its main material: small felt pressure pads found inside audio cassettes. The function of these pads is ensure clear sound by pressing the audiotape against the playback head in the player. The title of the work “Einst dem Grau der Nacht enttaucht” is a direct reference to the title of a painting by Paul Klee from 1918. It underlines similarities between Klee’s watercolor compositions and the compositions of Hildebrandt’s work, which both aggregate small squares of different hues into a regular, though quite organic, grid.