A fashion show has been held already, and what still lies ahead are: a performance using a separating tape, talks about art and our lives, as well as peeking inside a suitcase. In this journey, is better not to read newspapers.
The way-out train
The "Kunstzug" project, which is organized by Goerlitzer Kulturservicegeselschaft and Polish partners, e.g. the Lower Silesia Railways and PKP Polish Railways started de facto from railway, because
after a long period of absence, a connection between Wroclaw and Dresden was restored to the railway timetable. Many people welcomed the fact, including students of art schools of both city. First, Germans invited Poles and organized an exhibition for them in Dresden Gallery Oktagon, and then it was decided that the train Trilex is as good a place to present works of art. That was the turning point. A decision was made that from June to October, passengers travelling between Wroclaw and Dresden won't be dozing off, bored, or read newspapers, or browse their smartphones. They will be involved in art.
Haute couture, en route
The first trip of the art train was on July 16, and the astonished passengers saw, among others, a fashion show, with a climax at the station in Görlitz. Polish students went to Germany for the Sommerfest, which is the time when students of the Faculty of Stage Design of the Dresden Academy of Visual Arts always organize a fashion show. You couldn't fail to notice a Polish touch during this fashion meeting, as the artists from Wroclaw have used paper to make many of the outfits. On Sunday, July 31, students from Wroclaw sketched situations observed in the train, and even more extraordinary campaigns still await.
Artists are watching us
You can expect even to take a peek into the train-based studio of the artist Alexandra Wegbahn, or see the strange creatures trapped in the artistic Terrarium by Nadine Baldow, available in the station kiosk in Görlitz (one of the stops on the route Wroclaw-Dresden). In addition, on the train you can watch how art is made from a separating tape (by Inho Choi from Dresden), and even talk about art to, for example, painter Anka Mierzejewska, or allow a peek into your luggage (Katharina Kretzschmar and Susa Luis will sketch what they will find inside, as part of a special project).
The art train timetable can be found at the project's website .
