Invitation to a press conference on “The Sounds of Heimat” and “Easter in the Jägerhof”

14 March 2023

Heimat 1

with

Marion Ackermann, Director-General of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Kathi Loch, Director of the Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst and Puppentheatersammlung and curator of the exhibition

Felix Räuber, musician and curator of the exhibition

Marc Oliver Rühle, author and curator of the exhibition

Markus Füchtner, eighth-generation maker of wooden toys

 

The Sounds of Heimat. A documentary installation

25 March to 22 October 2023

What are the sounds of home; what are the sounds of Saxony? To answer that question, in 2018 the Dresden musician, composer and producer Felix Räuber set off on a journey of discovery through his native German state, from Dresden to the German-Polish border region, taking in the Ore Mountains, the Sorbian settlement area and Leipzig.

Together with his team, he researched into the many cultures that make Saxony such a varied, universal place – rich in history and tales, with all the melodies, notes, sounds, languages, noises, instruments and musicians that accompany them. The settings and things that make Saxons feel at home: what do they sound like? What do people associate with their origins, their homeland and their own place within it?

At the Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst, the materials that inspired and make up this interdisciplinary project – combining documentary film-making, music production, live events, performances and exhibitions – form a walk-in documentary installation.

Visitors are invited to get to know some of the people Felix Räuber met on his expeditions, from whom he gathered a wide range of acoustic material – from dying languages and forest noises to the sounds of a workshop and songs by Gerhard Gundermann. Each of the exhibition’s eight sections opens a window onto a new world of sounds and with it a new view of what home can mean to people. A mixing desk gives visitors the chance to try their hand at combining these acoustic findings and creating their own compositions.

 

Easter in the Jägerhof

25 March to 16 April 2023

At the same time, the annual Easter exhibition will be opening in the Jägerhof. Alongside richly bedecked “Easter trees”, it will present Easter eggs decorated with all kinds of designs, both modern and innovative. Visitors will also be able to watch folk artists at work, ask them questions or purchase their pieces.

This year, the exhibition will focus on Elisabeth Bittl (1933–2016), who would have turned 90 this April and was a truly multi-talented folk artist. The range of her skills is reflected, among other things, in her egg designs: they are not only painted but also elaborately embellished with twisted wire.

The display will be rounded off by a supporting programme of fascinating stories, presentations and music: www.skd.museum/ostern.

 

Please register for the press conference at presse@skd.museum by 4 p.m. on 22 March 2023.