"Pavilion of Fear" starts as an art and participatory project

On the way to its major exhibition on Edvard Munch in August, the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz are launching a mobile art and hands-on project on the subject of fear. The "Pavilion of Fear" is intended to be a special place of encounter and initiate learning and experience processes, the art collections announced in advance. This includes personal discussions, singing and painting together, as well as readings and open-air movies. Fear is an ambivalent basic human emotion that is not only an obstacle, but can also provide motivation.

The pavilion will be making stops at various locations in the city over the coming weeks. It will kick off on Tuesday (June 10) in Bürgerpark Gablenz. Other locations include the castle pond for the Kosmos Festival, the Reichenhainer Straße canteen of the Technical University, Frei-Otto-Park in the Siegmar district and Theaterplatz in the city center.

Visitors will be asked about their fears

The project will be accompanied by psychologists from Chemnitz University of Technology. On individual days, students and research assistants will ask visitors about their fears. "The cooperation with the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz enables us to conduct psychological research in a very fascinating cultural context," explained project manager Udo Rudolph. "We are looking forward to seeing how visitors react to the different representations of emotions in the visual arts and what new insights we will gain from this."

In the current Capital of Culture year, the art collections will be dedicated to the work of the Norwegian artist under the title "Edvard Munch. Anxiety", the art collections will dedicate an exhibition to the work of the Norwegian artist ("The Scream"). Munch was in the city in 1905 and painted portraits of the Esche family of textile manufacturers. In the exhibition, Munch's paintings and prints will enter into a dialog with works by contemporary artists such as Marina Abramović, Michael Morgner and Neo Rauch. The show will be on display from August 10.

Chemnitz is this year's European Capital of Culture together with the twin city of Nova Gorica - Gorizia on the border between Slovenia and Italy.