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In recent months, the five artists have produced new site-specific works that address and hint at aspects of the fragmentary. On view are objects, paintings, or photographs that depict pieces of something larger, or installation works that are components of a larger narrative structure. Artist Selina Baumann created an architecture built of brick-like elements, its slightly ruinous form reminiscent of foundations of a larger whole. Adjacent to this are three wooden boxes by artist Paulo Wirz, in which fragments of the artist's body cast in wax can be discovered. In the work "Rue de Thebes," artist Marcel Scheible combines photographic excerpts with pieces of text from the tragedy Antigone, allowing the themes of family, state, and power to flare up in fragments. A room installation by artist David Berweger evokes operating rooms and crucifixion scenes. And flames shoot up in the large-format paintings by Anna Shirin Schneider that follow, appearing like harbingers of the Chienbäse blazing in Liestal. As part of the exhibition, Kunsthalle Palazzo launched an education project with a class from the Gymnasium Bäumlihof, Basel. The students explored the theme of the fragmentary and their own interpretations will be presented in an exhibition space at Kunsthalle Palazzo. A diverse program of events will accompany the exhibition: There will be public tours, artist talks and a family tour. Inspired by the exhibition "frag°ment" at Kunsthalle Palazzo, the Landkino in Liestal will also present three outstanding works of fragmentary storytelling in film. The series "Artist Talk & Film - Fragments of Memory" invites interested parties to three evenings in March at Kunsthalle Palazzo and Kino Sputnik. Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.