Nowhere Feels Like Home at the City and Timber Framework Museum Old University
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Between Origin and Home: Estela Barilaitè at the City and Timber Framework Museum Old University
With the exhibition Nowhere Feels Like Home, the City and Timber Framework Museum Old University in Eppingen invites visitors to a precise and poetic exploration of the works. Estela Barilaitė combines charcoal drawings from Lithuanian and German motifs into fragmented spaces, where questions of identity, belonging, and the in-between of home and residence become visible. The exhibition can be seen from November 6, 2026, to January 31, 2027, and admission is free. ([eppingen.de](https://www.eppingen.de/freizeit-kultur/veranstaltungskalender/1009/ausstellung-nowhere-feels-like-home-alte-universitaet/termin-14589?utm_source=openai))
An Artistic Experience of Memory, Space and Belonging
The exhibition title strikes a chord with the present. Barilaitės works condense personal memory, cultural location, and the experience of spatial displacement into quiet, concentrated images. The charcoal as a material enhances this atmosphere: dark, soft, atmospheric, and simultaneously open to omissions. It is precisely the fragmented nature of the drawings that creates the aesthetic appeal. They do not generate a closed narrative but rather a space for interpretation and self-examination. ([eppingen.de](https://www.eppingen.de/freizeit-kultur/veranstaltungskalender/1009/ausstellung-nowhere-feels-like-home-alte-universitaet/termin-14589?utm_source=openai))
The Artistic Handwriting of Estela Barilaitė
The sources portray Barilaitė as an artist whose works emerge from photographic references, everyday experiences, and familial connections. In another body of work, she describes themes from a Lithuanian summer stay, which are translated into a reflective visual language through drawing. Content-wise, her works revolve around social bonds, intergenerational community, and the question of how memory transitions into artistic form. This closeness of personal experience and societal interpretation lends the exhibition a strong art pedagogical dimension. ([bodenseekreis.de](https://www.bodenseekreis.de/bildung-kultur/kunst-kultur/kunst/galerie-bodenseekreis/ausstellungen/kuenstler/estela-barilaite/))
The Museum as a Suitable Resonance Space
The City and Timber Framework Museum Old University offers an impressive framework with over 800 square meters of exhibition space and its historic architecture. The house showcases the development of timber construction and city history, presents four temporary exhibitions per year, and features the museum workshop as a place for cultural education and communication. The current exhibition benefits from this context: contemporary art meets a place shaped by history, materiality, and spatial impact. ([eppingen-tourismus.de](https://eppingen-tourismus.de/museum/alte-universitaet/))
Visit, Opening Hours and Admission
The exhibition is regularly open from Tuesday to Sunday from 2 pm to 4 pm, and the museum remains closed on Mondays. On public holidays, the house opens even when the holiday falls on a Monday. Admission is free. The address is Altstadtstraße 17 / Fleischgasse 2, 75031 Eppingen. ([eppingen-tourismus.de](https://eppingen-tourismus.de/museum/alte-universitaet/))
Conclusion
Nowhere Feels Like Home is an exhibition for anyone who wants to experience drawing not just as a technique but as a form of thinking. Those interested in contemporary art, identity, memory culture, and the poetic power of materials will find a quiet, intense artistic experience here. A visit is especially worthwhile in person, as only the direct view of the charcoal works fully reveals their subtle transitions, voids, and spatial effects. ([eppingen.de](https://www.eppingen.de/freizeit-kultur/veranstaltungskalender/1009/ausstellung-nowhere-feels-like-home-alte-universitaet/termin-14589?utm_source=openai))
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