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

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Gellertplatz, 09661 Hainichen
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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

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European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH

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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 large art and sculpture trail and the main project of the European Capital of Culture, will be created in the region by 2025 and beyond.

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European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.