Art at the altar

From March 9 to April 18, the artwork "Hungertuch" by Freiburg artist Carola Faller-Barris will be exhibited in the church of St. Georg, Basler Landstr. 102 in Freiburg - St. Georgen. The vernissage will take place on Sunday, March 9, at 10.45 a.m. following the church service in the church hall. The vernissage will be accompanied by music and a talk with the artist. From this point onwards, the large-format linen cloth designed with grains of wheat will be installed in the choir room of the church, providing a new visual impression of the space.

Every Sunday, the accompanying program includes sermons by various people who deal with the hunger cloth, interactive approaches and thoughts on the hunger cloth at various locations in the church, a crawling and reconciliation service as well as a musical devotion by the St. Georg church choir.

The hunger cloth ties in with an old tradition from the Middle Ages in churches. During Lent, the (high) altar was covered with a cloth. This was intended to reduce the visual impressions during this time, to concentrate on the essentials and to draw the senses to the story of Jesus' Passion. The medieval Lenten cloth is now once again hung in Freiburg Minster every year during this time.

The artist Carola Faller-Barris lives and works as a freelance artist in Freiburg. She has had numerous exhibitions and projects. Her most recent solo exhibition was "Weiter werden" (Moving on) at St. Josefs-Hospital in Bochum. Her works include drawings, objects and installations. With this work, she builds on this tradition of simplicity and develops it further in terms of content for the church space and for people.

The "Hungertuch" project attempts to provide new approaches to the time of Lent and the church space as art. The project is organized by the St. Georg parish team and financially supported by the Archbishop Hermann Foundation.

Accompanying program:

Lenten sermons - people with a connection to St. George's Church and the Freiburg St. Georgen district look at the hunger cloth
Sunday, March 9, 9.30 a.m., Michael Hartmann, theologian
Sunday, 16 March, 9.30 a.m., Dr. Sulamith Hamra, Gender&Diversity
Sunday, March 23, 9.30 a.m., Heidi Weber, educator
Sunday, March 30, 9.30 a.m., Carola Faller-Barris, artist
Sunday, April 6, 11:00 a.m., Clara Freund, neighborhood worker

Crawling service - service for pre-school children and their families on the hunger cloth
Sunday, March 16, 11.00 a.m., St. George's Church

Celebration of reconciliation - Lenten penitential service with thoughts on the hunger cloth
Tuesday, April 8, 7 p.m., St. George's Church

Musical devotion - music and thoughts on the hunger cloth
Sunday, March 23, 5 p.m., St. George's Church, "Hunger for Life"
with the jazz choir Vocalise under the direction of Stephan Rhein and pastoral advisor Michael Hartmann
Sunday, Palm Sunday, April 13, 5 p.m., St. George's Church, "Let there be"
with the St. Georg church choir under the direction of Alena Hartmann and pastoral advisor Michael Hartmann

Approaches to the hunger cloth at various locations in the church interior
There are various stations with the elements of the hunger cloth throughout the church.