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In der Vorstellung – Kunstfestival Begehungen Chemnitz 2026

Schwarze Zunge (2025) will be presented as part of the BEGEHUNGEN Art Festival 2026 in Chemnitz. Curated by Claudia Tittel, the exhibition In der Vorstellung brings together international artists including Cindy Sherman, Hito Steyerl, Danica Dakić, and Erwin Wurm. The festival explores the construction of reality and the role of images, imagination, and digital technologies in contemporary society. Black Tongue engages with these questions through an examination of the material and cultural inscriptions of photographic images. The festival takes place in the former Schauspielhaus Chemnitz under the theme In der Vorstellung.

19 June – 5 July 2026

Former Schauspielhaus Chemnitz

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DAS IST DIE TURBULENZ. 9.2025 – 9.2028

Opening on Thursday, September 25, 2025, 4:00 p.m.

Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

The exhibition This is Turbulence operates at the intersection of visual art and science communication and is based on a year-long process of artistic research. In collaboration with faculty and alumni from the Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences (INW), the project explored working and knowledge-production processes, as well as rituals and gestures within the scientific disciplines, while reflecting on the historical and spatial relationship between the university and its regional network. At its core, alongside history, were the discipline’s present-day self-conception, regional knowledge transfer, and the close connection to the chemical industry hub of Leuna. The exhibition presents contemporary photographs, installations, scientific and historical objects, as well as multimedia works.

Artistic direction, concept, and realization: Emanuel Mathias

Project management and public relations: Laura Bierau / Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

Exhibition design and graphic design: Camille Le Lous

Technical and structural support: Tobias Schillinger

Art historical expertise: Heidi Stecker / Office for Text Work and Art

Exhibition runs until August 31, 2027

Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

Main Building D, Foyer 3rd Floor (Hg/D/3)

Eberhard-Leibnitz-Straße 2

06217 Merseburg

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In der Vorstellung – Kunstfestival Begehungen Chemnitz 2026

Opening: 19 June 2026, 6:00 pm Exhibition: 19 June – 5 July 2026

DAS IST DIE TURBULENZ. 9.2025 – 9.2028

EXHIBITION PARCOUR ON ENGINEERING AND NATURAL SCIENCES AT MERSEBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

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