The "Jahnsdorf trifft sich" association hosted a "Lost Place Convention" in the historic Kreissigfabrik on Friday, 22 March. The event had the questioning title: "Can Jahnsdorf do art? The answer was a resounding "yes", as the number of visitors was enormous.
One year before the "Capital of Culture Year", the initiators introduced the artists Anastasia Khoroshilova and Jeppe Hein, among others, with whom the municipality is collaborating on the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail. Getting to know each other took place in an unconventional way, as visitors were invited to pick up a paintbrush themselves and join in.
In addition to the artistic activities, the former stocking factory hosted a series of hands-on activities, trial training sessions and workshops before it is converted into residential property.
the planned projects along the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail in Jahnsdorf:
Danish artist Jeppe Hein has developed the participatory art project "Breathe with me" (Atme mit mir), which has already been realised in countless places around the world. Now the people of Jahnsdorf have also produced their own works of art in the spirit of Jeppe Hein. Under the guidance of an employee from Jeppe Hein's studio, they painted large blue brushstrokes on a white canvas and followed their breaths with their movements. In this way, they created new works of art together. According to the artist's intention, a new collective whole should emerge from the mindfulness of the individuals and their joint actions.
Jeppe Hein's interactive artistic works are created at the interface between art, architecture and technical innovation. His sculpture planned for the PURPLE PATH is a so-called "social bench", which is being created as part of his "Modified Social Benches" series and will be installed in Jahnsdorf this summer.
The artist Anastasia Khoroshilova is accompanying the Ziegs family in Jahnsdorf and the Huber family in Bernbeuren in Upper Bavaria with her camera for a long-term photo project, portraying their very different rural living and working environments. After the Jahnsdorf couple Diana and Peter Ziegs had to give up their dairy farm due to a lack of income, they now run the Ziegs farm shop with great success, where they offer and market local products. They regularly organise legendary farm festivals and hundreds of guests regularly come to Jahnsdorf in the Ore Mountains. What the Ziegs lack is a covered room where the people of Jahnsdorf can meet with their guests. The Hubers had an old hay barn, which the people of Jahnsdorf dismantled in Bavaria last year and brought to Jahnsdorf, where it will be rebuilt this year and used as a meeting place. Anastasia Khoroshilova also photographed this "barn transfer" initiated by Chemnitz 2025. This project is also part of the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail.
together with Chemnitz, 38 municipalities and communities form the Capital of Culture Region, which will be the European Capital of Culture in 2025. The PURPLE PATH, a major art and sculpture trail and the main project of the European Capital of Culture, will be created in the region by 2025 and beyond.
