WHAT HOLDS, WHAT LEAKS at the Kunstverein Augsburg: Experience Art and Change

Event: Guided Tour in the Exhibition WHAT HOLDS, WHAT LEAKS in Kunstverein Augsburg, Holbeinhaus, Vorderer Lech 20, 86150 Augsburg on 27. June 2026

Date and Time

27. June 2026 14:00

Location

Augsburg
86 Augsburg, Germany

About this Event

Exhibitions & Museums

Mood

Relaxed

Venue Type

Inside

WHAT HOLDS, WHAT LEAKS: An Exhibition on Support, Permeability, and Change

The guided tour in the exhibition WHAT HOLDS, WHAT LEAKS invites you on June 27, 2026, for an intensive examination of works at the Kunstverein Augsburg. Lu Cheng and Diogo da Cruz develop a site-specific ensemble of ceramics, steel, and sound that questions the relationship between material, space, and audience anew.

An Artistic Experience Between Sculpture and Installation

The exhibition unfolds as an open system: fragile ceramic forms meet supportive metal structures, organic gestures interact with architectural logics. This connection of sculpture, installation, and sound creates an exhibition atmosphere in which stability and dissolution, density and openness are constantly recalibrated.

Material as a Thinking Space of the Present

Lu Cheng develops biomorphic structures that evoke growth, corporeality, and transformation. Diogo da Cruz introduces speculative, aquatic-influenced ecosystems in which questions of coexistence, ecological entanglement, and circulation become visible. The curation thus focuses on a precise aesthetic experience that combines art historical reflection with sensory presence.

Augsburg as a Resonance Space

The project gains special depth through the location itself: The Augsburg water system, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2019, forms the urban context for an exhibition about flow, control, and permeability. The sound work with recordings of dammed and releasing water makes these themes not only visible but audible.

A Look Behind the Artistic Practice

Lu Cheng, born in 1996 in Shanghai and living in Munich, works at the intersection of design, sculpture, and installation. Diogo da Cruz, born in 1992 in Lisbon, develops interdisciplinary works ranging from installation, video, and performance, exploring material circulations and societal systems. Both positions open up a contemporary artistic encounter with an international profile.

Conclusion

Those who attend this tour will not experience a static exhibition but rather a living fabric of form, sound, and space. WHAT HOLDS, WHAT LEAKS promises an exhibition that remains yet simultaneously slips away. A visit to the Kunstverein Augsburg is worthwhile for everyone seeking contemporary art as a physical, intellectual, and emotional experience.

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