When does the finissage The Sunset Route take place?

The finissage takes place on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at 4 PM at Kunstpalais Erlangen.

Who leads through the exhibition?

Cyrill Lachauer leads the exhibition together with Malte Lin-Kröger from Kunstpalais and Susanne Touw from the Goetz Collection.

What is the cost of participation?

Participation in the finissage tour costs 3 euros plus the regular admission to the exhibition.

Is registration required?

No registration is required for the finissage tour.

Is there a film program afterwards?

Yes, Cyrill Lachauer's film Slack will be shown after the tour.

How long does the tour last?

The finissage tour lasts approximately 60 minutes.

The Sunset Route ends with film, conversation, and fascinating landscape traces in Erlangen

Name: Finissage The Sunset Route
Start: 2026-09-27T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-27T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Kunstpalais Erlangen

Finissage The Sunset Route: Landscape as Trace, Memory and Movement

To conclude the exhibition The Sunset Route, the Kunstpalais Erlangen invites you to a special work discussion with Cyrill Lachauer on Sunday, September 27, 2026. The artist will be present and will speak together with the curator Malte Lin-Kröger from Kunstpalais and Susanne Touw from the Goetz Collection about his artistic practice, his time as a train hopper in the USA, and about the connections between film, photography, text, and music.

A dialogical tour through the exhibition

The finissage tour provides immediate access to Lachauer's exhibition. At the center is contemporary art that does not understand landscape as mere backdrop, but as a space charged with cultural, historical, and biographical significance. Photographs, film works, and narrative fragments combine to form an open topography of traces, transitions, and memories.

Lachauer's artistic practice moves between photography, film, installation, and ethnographically influenced research. His long travels and field research form the starting point for an aesthetics of precise observation: places, people, materials, and seemingly incidental details become carriers of hidden stories.

Between road, horizon, and moving image

The exhibition unfolds a special atmosphere where documentary accuracy and poetic condensation meet. Light, spatial effects, and the temporal structure of the film create a work examination that aims less at quick answers and more at concentrated perception. The landscape appears as a structure of geographical spaces, social experiences, cultural inscriptions, and political meanings.

Cyrill Lachauer became known for works where travel, trace reading, and doubt come together as a method. Born in 1979 in Rosenheim, the artist studied directing, ethnology, and fine arts in Munich and Berlin. His works have been featured in venues such as the Berlinische Galerie, Museum Villa Stuck, Haus der Kunst, and in the context of the Goetz Collection. Awards and scholarships, including the 3sat Promotion Prize and the IBB Prize for Photography, underline his importance in contemporary media art.

Filmic finale with Slack

Following the tour, the Kunstpalais will screen Cyrill Lachauer's film Slack. This expands the finissage to include a cinematic perspective on movement, body, landscape, and perception. The screening deepens the questions of the exhibition and makes it tangible how Lachauer transfers documentary observation into a multi-layered, sensual visual language.

Art education as an aesthetic experience

The conversation with the artist and the curators connects expert classification with personal encounter. Questions from the audience are explicitly welcome. Thus, cultural education emerges not as a distant conveyance of knowledge, but as a collective reflection on images, spaces, stories, and the conditions of our perception.

Conclusion: An intense finale for art enthusiasts

The finissage of The Sunset Route promises a concentrated art experience with direct insight into Cyrill Lachauer's working methods, his cinematic strategies, and his engagement with landscape as cultural memory. Those who wish to experience contemporary photography, media art, and poetic spatial research live should not miss this concluding tour at the Kunstpalais Erlangen.