PURPLE PATH: Inauguration of "Endless Column" by Stijn Ank

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With his white-patinated bronze sculpture "Endless Column", Stijn Ank has created a symbol that symbolises the importance of paper as a medium and material for Hainichen and Europe. The column-like structure is reminiscent of a large stack of sheets of paper laid on top of each other. Its location on Gellertplatz links it to the town's most important son, the Enlightenment poet Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715-1769). The Keller monument stands within sight. Friedrich Gottlob Keller invented the groundwood pulp paper in Hainichen in 1843, on which newspapers are still printed today. Stijn Ank was born in Brussels in 1977. He studied architecture in Barcelona and Brussels.

With greetings from:

• Dieter Greysinger, Lord Mayor, Hainichen Town Council
• Ralph Burghart, Mayor for Personnel, Finance and Education, City of Chemnitz
• Thomas Schmidt, Minister of State for Regional Development, Free State of Saxony
• Stefan Schmidtke, Managing Director Programme European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH

Introduction:

• Alexander Ochs, Curator of the PURPLE PATH