The exhibition "Open Trial" is dedicated to the NSU complex. It takes the East German reality, especially in Saxony, as a starting point to tell a story of the NSU complex that starts from the stories of migration and the continuities of right-wing and racist violence and resistance to it. With the approach of "living memory", she focuses on marginalised perspectives. It also focuses on structural and institutional racism. Artistic contributions by Harun Farocki, Hito Steyerl, belit sağ, Želimir Žilnik, Ulf Aminde and Forensic Architecture, among others, are dedicated to the realities of the lives of guest workers, migration stories, everyday life in Germany and right-wing terrorist violence and everyday racism. Activist initiatives commemorate those who have fallen victim to this violence and are the loud voices of those who are fighting back. Listening is understood here as a political practice, remembering as a process. This exhibition calls for action.
The long-term exhibition project was created as part of the ASA-FF e.V. project "Offener Prozess - NSU- Aufarbeitung in Sachsen", and a permanent exhibition and an educational and networking venue are also planned at the interim NSU documentation centre in Chemnitz.
A partial exhibition will be on display at the Theater Variabel Olbernhau and the old Annaberg brewery until 15 July 2023.
The "Open Process" project is one of the projects for the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 programme and Kulturhauptstadt GmbH is supporting the project's development process.
