06.10. – 29.10.

Exhibition "Wa(h)re Angst" in Pforzheim
Time: Thursday to Sunday, 11-19 hrs
Venues: EMMA - Creative Centre Pforzheim, Emma-Jaeger Straße 20, 75175 Pforzheim
Alfons-Kern-Turm, Theaterstraße 21, 75175 Pforzheim

Fear of the future, fear of change, fear of a reduction in pensions, fear of the loss of social benefits, fear of losing property, fear of a lack of security: these diverse fears are one of the reasons why populists are increasingly able to make themselves heard and achieve great success.
With the exhibition "Wa(h)re Angst", EMMA - Kreativzentrum Pforzheim, the artist Janusz Czech and the philosophical business magazine "agora42" want to stimulate discussion: Which topics really scare people? Is there a "true fear" that lies behind all fears? Is fear a business, is it traded as a "commodity"? Who benefits from fear? How do political parties use fears in society to gain votes?
International artists deal with these questions in their works. To accompany the exhibition, the magazine agora42 is designing the issue "Wa(h)re Angst", which deals with the philosophical and economic aspects of fear.

Artists: Maya Aruch (Israel), Roger Ballen (South Africa/USA), Kathrin Borer (Switzerland), Jonas Burgert (Germany), Janusz Czech (Germany/Poland), Samira Freitag (Germany), Marina Gržinić & Aina Šmid (Slovenia), Andreas Hagenbach (Switzerland), Sofia Hager (Georgia/USA), Bernd Hennig (Germany), Gustav Kluge (Germany), Wolfgang Landgraeber (Germany), Yulia Lokshina (Russia/Germany), Gal Melnick (Israel), Max Mustermann (Germany/Austria), Felix Müller (Germany), Nathalie and Alexander Suvorov-Franz (Russia/Germany), Magnus Thierfelder (Sweden).

Free admission

Programme for the exhibition:

Sun, 8 and 15 October 2017, 11 a.m.: Guided tours with Dr Ana Kugli
Sun, 22 and 29 October 2017, 11 a.m.: Guided tours with Janusz Czech

Meeting point: Entrance hall of the EMMA - Creative Centre Pforzheim. It is not necessary to register for the guided tours.