Panorama

In the organizer's words:

Panorama
11.02. - 12.04.26
Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Kartoffelmuseum Nr. 7 (Leonie Nagel & Max Stocklosa), Clara Hofmann, Adrian Lück & Gregor Peschko
Opening February 11, 6:00 p.m.
Opening hours: Wed 4 - 7 pm, Sun 3 - 7 pm and by appointment

Picture postcards of Camburg since 1896, historical miniature landscapes, tower clockworks, Texan cacti or tabular records of all fire department operations in the village: in self-organized museums, local history rooms and associations, collectors preserve objects, arrange them and show them to the public. Their collections not only tell us what their places used to be, but also what they could have been or could still become. The Panorama exhibition at IDEAL creates a space that takes up the logics of these museums and focuses on the relationship to the objects, places and narratives.

Collecting and museum-making functions as a knowledge technique and identity-forming practice beyond professionalized museum structures and moves between emancipation, autonomy and demarcation, the production of meaning and mere accumulation. Panorama explores how private and local collections create meanings for place, history and community - often under precarious conditions and supported by the great commitment of individuals.

Who tells the story? How are personality, biography and collection interwoven? What is collected and what remains invisible? What ideas of place, belonging, past and "home" are shaped and challenged? What ruptures are revealed?

The starting point for the project was research trips to self-organized museums, Heimatstuben and associations in the Leipzig area. The exhibition shows an installation with a model and material from the research by Clara Hofmann, Gregor Peschko and Adrian Lück and houses a re-enactment of Kartoffelmuseum Nr. 7 by Leonie Nagel and Max Stocklosa. Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys will occupy the upper floor of the building with an installation based on their fictional character "Klottemans".

The exhibition will be complemented by a bus tour, an accompanying program and billboards at various locations in the rural area.

Further information on the exhibition and the accompanying program can be found regularly on our website www.idealartspace.de and on Instagram @ideal_artspace

The project is funded by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony and the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig. This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.