RUNNING AWAY IS EASY at Kunstverein Augsburg: Video Art about Letting Go
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Between Departure and Farewell: A Video Installation about Letting Go
On October 17, 2026, the Kunstverein Augsburg invites you to RUNNING AWAY IS EASY, IT´S THE LEAVING THAT´S HARD. The video installation by Mauricio Hölzemann and Pierre-Yves Delannoy focuses on those quiet transitions where home, memory, and change struggle with each other.
When the Familiar Place Begins to Feel Strange
At the center of the artistic work is the farewell to rural hometowns. The two artists return to their respective places of origin: Filderstadt in Baden-Württemberg and Châlons-en-Champagne in France. From this movement of reunion and renewed departure, a multifaceted image of belonging emerges.
Video Art as an Inner Stage
The installation combines cinematic observation with performative moments. Architecture, landscape, and personal memory create a visual dramaturgy where every path means both return and departure. The stage set is not created from backdrops but from real places, whose atmosphere is transformed into a poetic experiential space through camera work, editing, and sound.
Between Acting, Performance, and Media Art
Mauricio Hölzemann brings experiences from acting, performance, and video art, while Pierre-Yves Delannoy pursues an architecture and media art-based approach. They studied together at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in the class of Julian Rosefeldt. Their collaboration combines documentary precision with a sensitive, almost cinematic staging.
A Stage Experience for Quiet Movements
The theatrical atmosphere of this work arises from concentration: in the interplay of closeness and distance, in the acoustics of the exhibition space, and in the images that float between personal biography and collective experience. The audience's reaction is not focused on spectacular effects, but on recognizing their own farewells, familiar landscapes, and transitions that are never fully completed.
Conclusion: Farewell as a New Form of Closeness
RUNNING AWAY IS EASY, IT´S THE LEAVING THAT´S HARD transforms video art into a gripping stage experience about childhood, home, and letting go. Visitors can expect a poetic installation that continues to resonate long after the observation ends. Those who wish to experience art as a lively encounter with space, memory, and movement should not miss this exhibition at the Kunstverein Augsburg.
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