When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition runs at the Kunstpalais Erlangen from 20.06.2026 to 27.09.2026.

How much is the admission?

The regular admission is 8 euros, reduced 4 euros.

Is the Kunstpalais accessible?

Yes, the exhibition rooms are accessible via an elevator. There are also seating options and an accessible toilet.

How do I get there by public transport?

The Kunstpalais is located about a 5-minute walk from the Erlangen train station.

Are there tours and educational offerings?

Yes, the Kunstpalais offers tours, workshops, and art education programs for different target groups.

Are the exhibition rooms fully accessible in the building?

The exhibition rooms in the basement are accessible via elevator; access is via the side entrance.

Landscapes Full of Freedom: Experience Cyrill Lachauer at the Kunstpalais Erlangen

Name: Cyrill Lachauer. The Sunset Route
Start: 2026-09-13T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-13T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Kunstpalais

Poetic Landscapes between Freedom and Resistance

With Cyrill Lachauer. The Sunset Route, the Kunstpalais Erlangen opens a focused look at a work in which landscape is not just a backdrop but a speaking experiential space. The exhibition brings together works from 2020 to 2026 and leads into an image world that connects photography, film, and installation into a dense narrative about mobility, memory, and the present. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html))

An Artistic Experience with Narrative Landscape

Cyrill Lachauer, born in 1979 in the Inntal, has been developing a visual language for years that considers physical landscape, cultural traces, people, animals, and atmosphere as an interconnected reality. His work moves at the intersections of contemporary art, film, and photographic practice, gaining tension from the connection between poetic observation and political reflection. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html))

Between Freight Train, Migration Route, and Image Memory

At the center of The Sunset Route is the railway line of the same name in the southern USA, whose history is shaped by migrant labor, transit, and border experience. Lachauer takes up this motif in a poetic autoethnography and connects it with questions of freedom, self-determination, resistance, colonization, exclusion, and exploitation. The exhibition makes visible how strongly social reality is inscribed in landscapes. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html))

Films, Photographs, and Installative Density

Among other things, the new short films The Prologue and The Epilogue can be seen, which form a loose trilogy with the film project Slack. The show is complemented by photographic series such as Cardboard & Copenhagen and Birds (Nat. Geo. 1989–1999), where disposable cameras, collage, and montage sharpen perception in different ways. In the Kunstpalais, these works come together in an installation that unfolds a strong spatial effect between light, rhythm, and quiet density. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html))

Curatorial Perspective and Cultural Education

Curated by Susanne Touw and Malte Lin-Kröger, the exhibition is also a place of cultural education. Public tours, dialogical walks, and educational offerings open up different access points to Lachauer's work. The Kunstpalais is known for contemporary art and regularly connects its exhibitions with educational formats for families, schools, and adults. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html))

Why You Should Visit

The Sunset Route promises an intense art experience for all who wish to experience photography not just as an image but as a space for thought. Those who engage with this exhibition will encounter a sensitively composed connection of aesthetics and political reflection. A visit to the Kunstpalais Erlangen is definitely worthwhile in person, as the works only fully unfold their atmospheric power in the space. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/117/Ausstellung-Detailseite.html/Cyrill-Lachauer-The-Sunset-Route%3A112.html))