The Questions
Intergenerational encounters
The multi-part project The Questions by Manchester-based artist collective Quarantine creates intergenerational encounters through exhibitions, performances, discussions, and cultural exchange. The focus is on collaboration between the twin cities of Manchester and Chemnitz. What connects the people of Great Britain and Saxony, and what divides them? How can intergenerational dialogue and participation succeed? By questioning social divisions, The Questions creates relationships and networks between people, places, artists, and institutions across generations.
The Questions at the Museum Gunzenhauser is part of the exhibition project: Best of II: Visitors’ Choice.
When? November 4 - 30, 2025
Where? Chemnitz | Museum Gunzenhauser, Das Tietz, Chemnitz city library and Manchester
Telescope
Performative exhibition
Telescope at the Gunzenhauser Museum displays items borrowed from young and older people. The lenders have their say in a series of conversations.
Museum Gunzenhauser
15 & 16 November, 12 noon–5 p.m.
19–23 November, 12 noon–5 p.m.
25–28 November, 12 noon–5 p.m.
29 November, 12 noon–4 p.m.
Moving Boxes
Interactive installation
Moving Boxes is an installation featuring moving boxes brought in by museum visitors. From 4 to 14 November, you can drop off your used moving boxes at the Gunzenhauser Museum. The focus is not on the empty moving boxes themselves, but on the stories and memories they carry with them. The installation will be on display on the ground floor of the museum and invites visitors to arrange and rearrange the boxes in ever-changing constellations.
Contact person for dropping off moving boxes: Pauline Tigges (pauline.tigges@stadt-chemnitz.de)
Museum Gunzenhauser
15–30 November 2025
Building of Spines
Buchprojekt mit Bibliotheksnutzer:innen
In Building of Spines, British artist Kate Daley and Chemnitz-based author Gabi Reinhardt will spend a few days handcrafting individual books. To do so, they will talk to people in Chemnitz libraries (district libraries in the Yorck and Vita Centres and the city library). The result will be books that portray library users. The finished books are then added to the libraries' collections.
District libraries in the Yorck area & Vita Centre
6–13 November 2025
Vita Centre Chemnitz: Monday (10 a.m.–6 p.m.), Wednesday (2 p.m.–6 p.m.) and Saturday (10 a.m.–2 p.m.)
Yorck Centre Chemnitz: Tuesday (10 a.m.–6 p.m.), Thursday (10 a.m.–4 p.m.) and Friday (10 a.m.–6 p.m.)
Chemnitz City Library
15–22 November 2025
Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Wednesday 2 p.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Would like to Meet
Offenes Künstler:innen-Studio
The Questions project consists of five parts: Would like to Meet brings together artists of different generations from Chemnitz and Manchester. The residency project aims to promote intergenerational collaboration and mutual learning. The artist exchange took place in Manchester in spring 2025. In November, the British artists will be guests in Chemnitz. The five German-British artist pairs will move their studios to the Gunzenhauser Museum, where they will also engage in conversation with visitors.
Museum Gunzenhauser
24–30 November 2025
The Art of Assembly
How generations come together
The Questions concludes with Florian Malzacher's The Art of Assembly. The author, dramaturg, and curator's series of talks explores the potential of assemblies in activism, art, and politics. Within the framework of The Questions, the focus is on intergenerational coming together.
November 29, 2025, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Museum Gunzenhauser
