When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition runs from 20.06.2026 to 27.09.2026.

What is the admission fee?

The regular admission fee is 8 Euro, reduced 4 Euro. Free admission is available for certain groups.

Where does the exhibition take place?

At Kunstpalais Erlangen, Marktplatz 1, 91054 Erlangen.

Are there guided tours?

Yes, Kunstpalais offers public guided tours and other educational formats. Details are available in the house's program.

Is Kunstpalais accessible?

Yes, the spaces are accessible via the side entrance at ground level, and the exhibition spaces in the basement are reachable by elevator. Seating and an accessible restroom are available.

What are the opening hours?

During an exhibition, Kunstpalais is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM, and every first Thursday of the month additionally until 8 PM.

Cyrill Lachauer showcases landscapes, freedom, and movement in Erlangen

Name: Cyrill Lachauer. The Sunset Route
Start: 2026-06-20T02:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-28T01:59:59+02:00
Location: Kunstpalais

Cyrill Lachauer. The Sunset Route: An exhibition about landscape, freedom, and movement

At Kunstpalais Erlangen, Cyrill Lachauer unfolds an artistic experience with The Sunset Route, which combines photography, film, and installation into a compelling narrative about landscape as a repository of memory. The exhibition features works from the years 2020 to 2026 and centers on issues of freedom, self-determination, resistance, and the consequences of colonization, exclusion, and exploitation. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html?referingPageNr=1))

Narrative landscapes instead of mere views

Lachauer understands spaces not as backdrops, but as multifaceted carriers of history, physicality, and social experience. His photographic and cinematic practice follows a poetic autoethnography, where travel, observation, and political reflection intertwine. The title refers to the over 3,000-kilometer long Sunset Route in the southern USA, where since the late 19th century, hobos and others have traveled on freight trains. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html?referingPageNr=1))

Between freight trains, memory, and present

At the center is Slack, a film project developed between 2022 and 2025 with photographer Mike Brodie, which commemorates a young companion who passed away and simultaneously makes visible a generation caught between the desire for freedom, digital acceleration, and societal vulnerability. The two short films The Prologue and The Epilogue, presented for the first time, complement this narrative as a loose trilogy. They connect the motif of the train with historical and current migration movements in Bosnia and Mexico. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html?referingPageNr=1))

Photography as aesthetic condensation

Lachauer’s photographic series also open strong visual spaces: Cardboard & Copenhagen appears casual and immediate because it was created using disposable cameras during travels. Birds (Nat. Geo. 1989–1999), on the other hand, transforms landscape photographs from a decade of the magazine National Geographic into abstract collages. Beauty and destruction, hope and resistance enter into a tense balance here. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html?referingPageNr=1))

Installation in the space of Kunstpalais

Particularly appealing is the installation presentation at Kunstpalais: individual works, series, and films are newly arranged and interwoven with site-specific works. This creates not just a mere sequence of works, but a concentrated spatial dramaturgy that intensifies the viewing of works, exhibition atmosphere, and aesthetic experience. The show is a collaboration with the Goetz Collection and is curated by Susanne Touw and Malte Lin-Kröger. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html?referingPageNr=1))

Why a visit is worthwhile

The Sunset Route combines art historical precision with narrative power, making Kunstpalais a place where contemporary art, political reflection, and sensory perception come together. Those interested in photography, film, installations, and the cultural education of contemporary art will experience an exhibition here with great formal density and thematic depth. A visit is definitely worth it live in Erlangen. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html?referingPageNr=1))