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FUNKEN Currents - Exhibition | 15.05-07.06.2025
The FUNKEN Kolleg exhibition marks the conclusion of an intensive artistic-research dialogue. Over the course of several months, the disciplines of art, science and business have collaboratively researched, experimented and networked - beyond academic boundaries and along shared lines of enquiry. The results of these encounters will be presented in the FUNKEN Space.

Admission free I FUNKEN Space, Technologiecampus 6, 09126 Chemnitz

Open Thursday to Saturday, 14 May to 7 June from 15:00-19:00!
Guided tours by appointment at christoph@klubsolitaer.de

The artistic-scientific web application Waves in the wood – the tree body as an audiovisual data network
Atelier Polza and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research use 3D models, sounds and interactive representations to visualise the sap flow and environmental parameters of apple trees. The complex water balance data is translated into a sensual, spatial and intuitive experience that makes plant physiological processes accessible in a new way.

The Cottoniddemonstrator studies
Kollektiv Plus X and the Fraunhofer IWU are investigating the sustainable material Cottonid – a cellulose-based material with a long history. Using the example of a stool, its potential in lightweight construction can be experienced. The work combines technical and social issues and invites people to engage with sustainable materials.

The installation Protocols in Process by Laura Immler
Invisible processes from research and everyday corporate life on the Chemnitz Technology Campus are translated into a multimedia structure of sound, material and coded information. Between laboratory aesthetics and artistic intervention, the space between secrecy and disclosure is made accessible in a sensual and intellectual way.

The walk-in sound installation Rattling landscapes, humming engines
The sound artist team led by Frederike Moormann, embeat (Matthias Millhoff), Diana Karle, Lefteris Krysalis and PinPoint GmbH interweaves personal memories with the industrial history of Chemnitz. The interactive audio walk combines sound art, movement and technology to create an immersive archive of the automotive world – between memory, spatial perception and questions about the future.

The textile installation WALDMEISTER – hidden treasures
Together with the STFI, Undoyarn and the EscheLab, Wiete Sommer tells the story of a Chemnitz that creates new cycles, forms and communities from industrial traces, old textiles and local myths. The collaborative process does not end with the completion of the work – through their interaction, the visitors themselves become part of a joint creation.

Guided tours take place every Thursday between 16:00 and 18:00.
Please register in advance. The starting times vary depending on the number of registrations.

Created in collaboration with:
3D-Micromac AG
Atelier Polza
EDC Electronic Design Chemnitz GmbH
Das Esche Lab
Diana Karle
Fraunhofer Institute ENAS

Fraunhofer Institute IWU
Frederike Moormann
Kollektiv X
Laura Immler
Matthias Millhoff
Lefteris Krysalis
Pinpoint GmbH
MIRO project
SächsischesTextilforschungsinstitut e.V.
TU MAIN
Undoyarn
Vector Informatik GmbH
Wiete Sommer