The Kiosk of unknowledge

A temporary public installation that aims to bring the invisible to light

Credit: Johannes Richter

How can we collaboratively understand and visualise our relationship to the unknown and the hidden by looking at things from different perspectives? The KIOSK OF UNKNOWLEDGE invites you to do just that. It stands in the centre of the former Fritz Heckert residential district in Chemnitz, planned as one of the largest new estates in the GDR, with lots of green and open space. After reunification, the utopia of modern living lost its appeal. People moved away; houses were demolished. The open spaces became even larger – and that’s where the pop-up kiosk ist located now, a place where answers are absent, where people can glance, try out, be informed, consume, confront and ask questions.

 

When? From April 2025 until October 2025 

Where? Markersdorf, Chemnitz,to be announced

European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.