Just a Moment - Encountering Dementia: Exhibition on Humanity in Jena
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An artistic experience about dignity, proximity, and lived solidarity
The Ernst-Abbe-Library Jena opens its doors from 22.09.2026 to 24.10.2026 for a double exhibition that touches and invites to look closely. Together with the Tausend Taten e.V., an exhibition format is being created that makes dementia and volunteering visible through human encounters rather than abstract concepts.
Black and White Photography as a Silent Narrative
Aesthetic black-and-white photo panels showcase everyday situations of people with dementia and their relatives. The reduced visual language focuses attention on gestures, facial expressions, and the spaces in between. This reduction in color intensifies the emotional presence of the artwork and grants the motifs a haunting calmness.
Volunteering as a Bridge to Everyday Life
The second part of the exhibition is dedicated to the engagement of the Tausend Taten e.V. and its volunteers. Here, volunteering is experienced as a cultural and social practice: as companionship, as conversation, as shared time. The exhibition shows how civic engagement in Jena creates quality of life and strengthens participation.
A Place of Cultural Education
The Ernst-Abbe-Library Jena is much more than just a library location. As a barrier-free accessible institution with free Wi-Fi and a wide range of educational offerings, it provides an open framework for exhibitions, readings, and educational formats. In this atmosphere, art education becomes cultural education in the best sense: low-threshold, approachable, and respectful.
Perception, Empathy, and Memory
The exhibition does not rely on volume but rather on concentration. It works with proximity, with the rhythm of silent images, and with a presentation that helps to break down prejudices. For visitors, an artistic experience is created that not only informs but also opens an aesthetic experience of empathy and social responsibility.
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Those who visit this double exhibition experience a form of contemporary art that is both quiet and powerful in an extended sense: documentary, human, and enlightening. Just a Moment - Encountering Dementia and Volunteering invite you to pause, look closely, and rethink the significance of community. A visit to the Ernst-Abbe-Library Jena is definitely worthwhile.
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