The Weltecho building in Chemnitz gets a Facelift

A fresh start for the New Year, new approaches to a historic building will be presented in “Anbau”, an exhibition starting on January 21 in Weltecho Chemnitz.

18 international artists from the Bauhaus-University Weimar’s MFA program „Art in Public Space and New Artistic Strategies” present proposals for permanent art installations in the Weltecho building in Chemnitz.

The Master of Fine Arts students participated in a virtual competition, suggesting artistic installations for the façade, the yard or the rooftop of the building that respond to the character of the building. The students, coming from all over the world, expand on a multiplicity of viewpoints by taking their cultural background as starting point to see this place anew and show their spatial prospects dealing with public space.

The exhibition, titled “Anbau”, showcases different artistic forms, ranging from sculpture to video installation. It examines the building’s past, present and future; as well as its relation to the city and surrounding environment.

Spanning from the sublime to the practical, the show reflects the students global outlook and unique perspectives. For example, Serbian artist Nicola Djordjevic examines the unreliability of memory in a video installation; Chinese artist Xing Lang Guo uses light to add life to the building and German artist Johannes Abendroth’s installation actualizes the ephemeral nature of echoes.

The project aims not just to serve as an exercise of the imagination but rather as an exhibition of the possibilities of post-industrial Chemnitz. This interesting kaleidoscope of ideas truly embodies the city’s connection to the world and renders it attractive to youth and creativity.

The Weltecho building holds important pieces of Chemnitz history and has gone through vast transformations and different uses over the years: originally built in 1908 for the third largest newspaper in Saxony, it survived the bombings of WWII. In GDR times it was used as the  „Kammer Der Technik“ (Chamber of Technology), an institution for engineering and science. In 2007 the art group O.S.C.A.R e. V. moved in and turned it into an important cultural and contemporary art space, hosting local and international artistic projects. The upcoming exhibition is expected to be another stage in the building's constant evolution.

The exhibition shows the outcome and results of the semester project “Art and Architecture” which was led by the MFA guest professors Hans Hemmert and Georg Zey (Inges Idee, Berlin). It is hosted by the Weltecho, the artist space run by the Chemnitz based Oscar e.V., the living spirit behind the premises.

The students present models of their proposals, accompanied by explanations of their concepts. The exhibition will be open from January 22 until February 25th. The public is warmly welcomed to join the individual jury presentations on January 21, starting at 10:00 and the opening event starting at 19:00.

With:

Johannes Abenendroth (Germany), Alma Alloro (Israel), Anthony Antonellis (USA), Juan Guillermo Caicedo del Diaz (Colombia), Li-Shih Chen (Taiwan), Eleni Chronopoulou (Greece), Nikola Djordjevic (Serbia), Eleni Froudaraki (Greece), Margarita Certeza Garcia (USA), Rosa van Goudoever (Netherlands), Xinglang Guo (China), Paris Legakis (Greece), Angeliki Makri (Greece), Yvonne Morales Traulsen (Mexico), Dorothea Nold (Germany), Tiago Romagnani (Brazil), Moran Shavit (Israel), Lucero Hernandez Valadez (Mexico)

“Anbau”

18 international artists present art and architecture models for the Weltecho Chemnitz

Opening event:
January 21st, 19:00.
20:00: live music by the Pentatones (Weimar). 

Duration:
January 22 – February 25.
Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday, 17:00-21:00 (or by appointment). 

Address:
Weltecho, Annaberger Str. 24
09111 Chemnitz
www.weltecho.eu

Contact:
MFA: Nadin Reschke, 03643 583210/ 583392, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Weltecho: Ulf Kallscheidt, 0371 91 88 0 55, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

*with the kind support of the city of Chemnitz, the Bauhaus University Weimar and the DIP Markwart Faussner*

Eröffnung Ausstellung "Anbau"

Präsentation von Semesterarbeiten internationaler Studenten der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Zusammen mit den Gastprofessoren Hans Hemmert und Georg Zey (Studio inges idee, Berlin) haben 18 internationale Studierende des Master-of-Fine-Arts Programm "Kunst im öffentlichen Raum und neue künstlerische Strategien" der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar sich im Wintersemester 2010 mit der ehemaligen "Kammer der Technik" in Chemnitz beschäftigt. In Kooperation mit dem Weltecho wurde das Haus an der Annaberger Straße Ort für die konkrete Auseinandersetzung mit seiner Geschichte und die Realisierung eines Entwurfs für eine mögliche Zukunft: Die Studierenden aus 14 verschiedenen Ländern haben Ideen für einen dauerhaften künstlerischen Eingriff entwickelt. Neben der Ideenentwicklung wurden dabei alle Aspekte eines typischen Kunst am Bau Wettbewerbs behandelt. Nun präsentieren sie die Entwürfe und Modelle in einer Ausstellung im Weltecho und laden ein, über eine mögliche Zukunft des Hauses nachzudenken.Die Entwürfe werden in der Ausstellung bis zum 25.02.11 präsentiert

Ein Projekt von Hans Hemmert und Georg Zey, studio inges idee (Berlin) und den künstlerischen Mitarbeiterinnen Lisa Glauer und Nadin Reschke.

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Stadt Chemnitz, der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar und dem DIP Markwart Faussner

http://www.weltecho.eu/showDetails-3997.html

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