Posted on June 27, 2024 by Luca Daberto -
Who owns the land we live on? The performance to vacant lot takes a playful look at privatization, displacement and the social consequences of competition with land as an object of speculation.
Over the duration of the performance, a continuous division and transformation of the plot of land takes place. The changing spatial situation opens up a new playful setting for the performers and the audience. A grid structure of 100 individual square meters is created and then deconstructed again. Various phases of development are traced – from commons to enclosure, speculation, competition and expropriation, to the unclear space that emerges afterwards when all the structures have dissolved again.
Posted on June 27, 2024 by Luca Daberto -
In the artistic undertakings on stinging nettle (Urtica D.) and other unpleasant plants, the “Unkräuter-Informationszentrum” receives not only positive but also occasionally massive dissenting voices. These are particularly surprising when they come from employees of botanical gardens or green space authorities. The “Unkräuter-Informationszentrum” and its human representative Patrick Will regularly gather the background and extent of this backlash in habitats with the best (ruderal) site conditions or botanical-political scandals. The city of Chemnitz has so far fulfilled both of these requirements excellently, which is why the weed field of Europe 2025 has also been created here with its 30 fiber nettles. The “Unkräuter-Informationszentrum” therefore invites you to a botanical tour with open discussions about lists of prohibited plant species, failed apple-tree parades and the positive effects of green space-saving measures for weeds in public spaces.
Duration: 2-5 p.m.
Language: German
Image rights: Nikolaev, Starostina & Will, Still from The Soil is my Patient
Posted on June 27, 2024 by Luca Daberto -
Wild clay is the name for regional clay that is taken directly from the ground. It is not mechanically cleaned and homogenized, but remains as it is – sometimes somewhat unpredictable, wild. We capture wild clay directly in front of the gallery and tame it together as part of the exhibition ERDARBEITEN III.
We make pottery with the earth that has been made accessible by the construction work in Jakobstraße. The focus is on getting to know the material in a playful way.
Duration: 12-17 h
Language: German, English translation possible
Please register at info@klubsolitaer.de
Photo: Priska Engelhardt
Posted on June 27, 2024 by Luca Daberto -
What is the delegate from the stars doing in the Thuringian Forest? – shaken awake by the construction of new roads, cutting swathes between concrete births or calibrating. The film shows an approach to the conditions of the earth’s surface. We are taken on a short journey along the Rennsteig, the 170 km long ridgeway on the historical border of Thuringia and Bavaria.
In a performative lecture, a mixture of film screening and artist talk, the artist Christoph Blankenburg will show excerpts from the award-winning Rennsteig Flimmern 2 and the as yet unpublished Rennsteig Flimmern 3 and enter into an exchange with the audience. Video still: Christoph Blankenburg Rennsteig Flimmern 3, Performance Laura Wiemers
Language: German
Posted on June 25, 2024 by Luca Daberto -
Attention: The workshop is unfortunately cancelled due to health reasons
What does life in the ground sound like? What sounds does a tree make? In the workshop, we will visit small urban biotopes in the area around the Lokomov in Chemnitz and listen to the diverse activities of their numerous non-human inhabitants using special microphones. We will then use the recordings to create digital sound pieces to round off the evening in the Lokomov. No previous technical knowledge is required. Sound equipment will be available – if possible, please bring a smartphone with headphones.
Duration: 10 am – 6 pm (incl. lunch break, without catering)
Language: German
Kids only with a supervisor
Please register at info@klubsolitaer.de (until 06.07.)
Posted on June 25, 2024 by Luca Daberto -
As part of her performance series “The Dinner Series”, Klara Meinhardt invites you to a one-time event at Lokomov. The performance allows the audience to actively participate in the creation of a cyanotype, an artistic photographic technique known for its distinctive blue tint.
At the heart of the event is a communal meal accompanied by poetic texts on the ao called color “Berliner Blau”. These contributions shed light on the wild history and the many facets of this historic color and create an atmospheric ambiance that deepens the artistic experience.
Language: German
Please register at info@klubsolitaer.de (until 05.07.)
Posted on June 19, 2024 by Luca Daberto -
Tita Salina and Irwan Ahmett present the films “The Call of Fragility” (2022, 35 minutes) and “Tanah Tumpah Darah” (2024, 70 minutes). In the form of journeys, storytelling and performances in the Indonesian archipelago, the films capture crises and fragility, which are also the subject of the performance Never Take Life Seriously, Nobody Gets Out Alive Anyway in the exhibition NEW ECOLOGIES. There will also be food.
Posted on June 19, 2024 by Luca Daberto -
Tita Salina and Irwan Ahmett present the films “The Call of Fragility” (2022, 35 minutes) and “Tanah Tumpah Darah” (2024, 70 minutes). In the form of journeys, storytelling and performances in the Indonesian archipelago, the films capture crises and fragility, which are also the subject of the performance Never Take Life Seriously, Nobody Gets Out Alive Anyway in the exhibition NEW ECOLOGIES. There will also be food.
Posted on June 19, 2024 by Luca Daberto -
Tita Salina and Irwan Ahmett present the films “The Call of Fragility” (2022, 35 minutes) and “Tanah Tumpah Darah” (2024, 70 minutes). In the form of journeys, storytelling and performances in the Indonesian archipelago, the films capture crises and fragility, which are also the subject of the performance Never Take Life Seriously, Nobody Gets Out Alive Anyway in the exhibition NEW ECOLOGIES. There will also be food.
Posted on June 19, 2024 by Luca Daberto -