From 22 October 2024, kollabor – launched in December 2023 – is back at the side-light gallery.
Small children discover the world with all of their senses – with their hands and feet – modes of perception not usually allowed in museums. To cater for these needs, we have set up a space that allows young children (from 0 to 4 years) to engage with art and encourages creative play.
The centrepiece of this space is the sculpture Civilian Defense Vaduz by American artist Dan Peterman. The artwork now reinstalled in the side-light gallery can be touched and walked on (without shoes). It can be used as a hideout or as a gathering place. Various materials inviting children to try them out and play are set out all around.
NEW at kollabor: OPEN PLAY by Chantal Küng
Starting on 31 October 2024, the sculpture Civilian Defense Vaduz will be accompanied by play sculptures and a quilt blanket designed by Chantal Küng. The artist is interested in toys, free play and what other artists have already devised in this sphere. For instance Ana Lupas, who created fabric and wool sculptures for children in the 1970s. Pictures of these works will be on show in the side-light gallery parallel to the exhibition Ana Lupas: Intimate Space – Open Gaze (1 November 2024 – 16 March 2025).
Early aesthetic, cultural experiences and encounters with education are essential for a child's development. With the aid of the kollabor, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein intends to contribute to aesthetic education in the field of visual arts and thus to implementation of UN children's rights from early childhood.
The name "kollabor" reveals another of the Kunstmuseum's main objectives: to enable and encourage collaborative processes. That means working together with individuals, groups or organisations, learning from one another and engaging in open-ended experiments. The topics and modes of use enabled in the kollabor are developed in a collaborative process of learning and working together with children, their accompanying adults, artists, art educators and teachers.
The project is sponsored by the Binding Foundation.
Your visit to the kollabor
The space can be used during museum opening hours. Admission to the side-light gallery is free.
A member of the art education team will be on site every Tuesday from 10 to 11.30am and every Thursday from 2 to 3.30pm (except public holidays).
Playgroups and day nurseries are warmly welcomed. To arrange a date, please contact the art education team: kunstvermittlung@kunstmuseum.li or +423 235 03 21.
