Dagesh Studio on the Road – #Sukkot Edition
“Between Protection and Fragility”
Exhibition opening and artist networking event
5 October 2025 | 6.00 pm | Chemnitz Open Space | Theaterplatz 1, 09111 Chemnitz
With works by: Abie Franklin, Alona Rodeh, Maja Gratzfeld, Ronny Aviram, Roy Mordechay
Kuration: Daniel Laufer
Dagesh – Jüdische Kunst im Kontext invites you to the opening of the exhibition ‘Between Protection and Fragility’ on 5 October 2025 in Chemnitz. Curated by Daniel Laufer, the exhibition ‘Between Protection and Fragility’ features works by artists from the Dagesh network. It is part of the Dagesh Studio on the Road series and is being organised in cooperation with the Tage der Jüdischen Kultur Chemnitz e.V.
Note for Dagesh artists:
An artist networking event will take place as part of the exhibition opening. Dagesh network members can be reimbursed for travel expenses (2nd class train travel and one night in Chemnitz) in accordance with the guidelines of the Federal Travel Expenses Act. Bookings must be made independently in advance. Please send any questions to info@dagesh.de with ‘Chemnitz 5 October’ in the subject line.
About the exhibition “Between Protection and Fragility”
Sukkot, the Jewish festival of tabernacles, reminds us of the fragility of human existence and the search for protection in an uncertain world. The sukkah, a temporary, open and permeable structure, symbolises a paradoxical state: protection that is never absolute, but always temporary and precarious. It is precisely in this temporary nature that a central idea of Sukkot becomes apparent: the awareness that human life and all our achievements are fragile and exist in a larger context.
In a time of global crises, marked by war, flight, displacement and climate catastrophe, the millennia-old symbolism and tradition of Sukkot take on a new urgency. They refer to social realities such as forced migration, the lives of marginalised groups in urban areas, or the fragile refuge of privacy amid socio-political tensions.
The exhibition ‘Between Protection and Fragility’ takes up these central themes and motifs of Sukkot and presents current works by various Dagesh artists. In their works, the artists address topics such as migration, boundaries, materiality, memory and the precarious balance between security and freedom from a contemporary, multidimensional perspective. In doing so, they ask what it means today to seek protection – physically, psychologically, spiritually.
The exhibition is part of the Dagesh Studio on the Road series and is being organised by Dagesh in cooperation with Tage der Jüdischen Kultur Chemnitz e.V.
Accompanying programme for the exhibition
6 and 9 October, 5.00 pm each day
Guided tour of the exhibition with Dagesh curator Daniel Laufer, meeting point: entrance to the sukkah in the park in front of the gallery
7 October, 4.30 pm
Concert and artist talk with Alex Stolze about his new album Noise and Wind, Raash ve Rauch, Sukkat Chaverim, Stadthallenpark
10 October, 4.00 pm
Reading by Eva Lezzi from her new children’s novel Die geheime Hütte im Wald (The Secret Hut in the Forest), followed by music by Masha the Richman. Sukkat Chaverim, Stadthallenpark
The complete programme for the Days of Jewish Culture in Chemnitz (5 to 12 October 2025) can be found here.
Beitragsbild: © Ronny Aviram, Sabres-Zaun
