Ankunftshalle - Einladung zum Bleiben
Arrival Hall - An Invitation to Stay
Submit a spatial concept for transforming the Glaskasten gallery into a temporary arrival hall during October 19 – November 1, 2026.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 15 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- Research and concept phase: 750 EUR per selected position; implementation: additional 2,100 EUR for the selected concept (brutto)
- Location
- Glaskasten gallery, Sonnenberg, Chemnitz, Germany
- Exhibition window
- Oct 19, 2026 → Nov 1, 2026
About
Overview
Klub Solitaer invites scenographers, stage designers, interior architects, mediators, and artists to design a temporary arrival hall in the Glaskasten gallery on Chemnitz's Sonnenberg. The project responds to a bus stop outside the venue and investigates how cultural spaces can become more welcoming and accessible to diverse people arriving in the neighborhood.
Key Dates
- Submission deadline: Sunday, August 23, 2026, 23:59
- Onsite research and concept development: Until September 20, 2026
- Setup begins: October 7, 2026
- Opening: October 19, 2026
- Exhibition runs: October 19 – November 1, 2026
The Task
Transform the Glaskasten gallery into an open, welcoming, and flexibly usable space that enables gathering and encounter. The design must be responsive to the site and neighborhood, accessible to diverse people, and create a framework for workshops, conversations, performances, music, culinary interventions, and community formats during the exhibition period.
Process & Compensation
Three finalists selected by a local advisory board will be invited to Chemnitz for research and concept development. Each develops a spatial design proposal by September 20, 2026. All three receive 750 EUR (brutto) for onsite research. One concept is selected for implementation and receives an additional 2,100 EUR (brutto).
Eligibility
Open to all. No geographical restrictions.
How to Apply
- Brief project idea or motivation
- Portfolio
- Short CV
- A fully developed design proposal is not required for the initial application
Contact
- Contact: Fabian Thüroff
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: www.klub-solitaer.de/
Funding
The project is made possible by the Fonds Soziokultur and the Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media and financed through state funds based on the Saxon State Parliament budget.
- Award
- Research and concept phase: 750 EUR per selected position; implementation: additional 2,100 EUR for the selected concept (brutto)
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- The call seeks a spatial concept that transforms the gallery into a welcoming arrival hall, examining how cultural spaces and society can become more inclusive, accessible, and permeable in response to migration, social transformation, and demographic change in the Sonnenberg neighborhood.
- Eligibility
- Open to all; no geographical restrictions.
- Audience
- People working in scenography, stage design, interior architecture, mediation, and artistic room design.
- Contact
- [email protected]
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