The Ariadne Project in the Stadtgalerie Amberg: Multisensory Art Experience

The Ariadne Project in Amberg: Threads of Memory, Spaces of the Present

The Stadtgalerie ALTE FEUERWACHE in the Stadtmuseum Amberg opens its spaces for The Ariadne Project by artists Belle Shafir (Tel Aviv) and Hanna Regina Uber (Amberg/Aschach) from January 29 to April 12, 2026. Curated by art historian Michaela Grammer, an intense, multisensory art experience is created that translates myth, material, and memory into contemporary installation.

Introduction: Art as Orientation in the Labyrinth

Starting from the Ariadne topos, Shafir and Uber unfold an exhibition atmosphere that guides visitors through threads, knots, and spatial arrangements. The consideration of the works becomes an aesthetic experience: lines condense into nets, light explores surfaces, materials speak of origins, transformation, and identity. Free access through the Stadtmuseum allows for an open art experience for all.

Material Poetry: Hair, Thread, Bronze – Memory Work in Space

Belle Shafir, born in Amberg and living in Tel Aviv, is known for process-oriented installations in which organic materials – such as knotted horsehair, spider motifs, and video-based perspectives – become fragile yet resistant visual worlds. Her art negotiates biography, collective memory, and the interface of nature and culture.

Hanna Regina Uber works sculpturally and installatively with wood, plaster, metal, and bronze. Her forms address balance, protection, and vulnerability; tensions between corporeality and space influence perception. In Amberg, she places her long-standing practice of public art and studio work into a dialogical setting with the Ariadne metaphor.

Curating and Context: From Mythology to the Present

The curatorial line emphasizes the Ariadne narrative as a navigational aid through complex presents: threads become conceptual frameworks, interconnections visual scores. In this art direction, installation, object, and media art intertwine; the tour remains deliberately open to individual interpretations – from identity politics to questions of memory, migration, and cultural heritage.

Sharpening the Senses: Light, Shadow, Sound of the Materials

Delicate textures, modulated daylight, and the tactile presence of materials create a spatial effect that unites seeing, hearing, and body perception. Colors and forms condense into nodes: A thread directs the gaze, a surface holds it, a shadow shifts the reading. Thus, a dense choreography of signs emerges – an art experience between intimacy and publicness.

Education and Access: Experiencing Contemporary Art with Low Barriers

The Stadtgalerie is accessible through the main entrance of the Stadtmuseum; entry is free. Opening hours: Tue–Fri 11 am–4 pm, Sat/Sun 11 am–5 pm, closed on Mon. Inclusion offers, family programs, and guided tours of the museum promote cultural education and in-depth consideration of works.

Conclusion: The Ariadne Project connects sensuality and reflection: visitors can expect a precisely curated path of threads, forms, and images of remembrance. Those wishing to experience contemporary installation in a concentrated atmosphere should definitely visit this exhibition live.

Official Channels of Belle Shafir and Hanna Regina Uber:

Belle Shafir

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• Facebook: No official profile found
• YouTube: No official profile found
• Website: https://www.belleshafir.com

Hanna Regina Uber

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• Facebook: No official profile found
• YouTube: No official profile found
• Website: https://www.kunstprojekt-net.de

Sources:

• City of Amberg – Annual Program Stadtgalerie 2026
• Stadtmuseum Amberg – Special Exhibitions 2026: The Ariadne Project
• Stadtmuseum Amberg – Opening Hours & Admission Prices
• Stadtmuseum Amberg – Inclusion
• Belle Shafir – CV
• MuseumsQuartier Vienna – Belle Shafir
• Haifa Museum of Art – Artist Wall: Belle Shafir
• City of Vilseck – Art Path, Profile Hanna Regina Uber
• Onetz – Ariadne Project in Amberg