35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the discussion about differences between East and West is still ongoing. Sociologist Steffen Mau addresses these differences in his latest book Ungleich vereint (Unequally United) and asks what characterises the East - politically, sociologically and economically. Many projects in the Chemnitz 2025 programme deal with the eventful history of the city and the biographies of the people who live in Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture region. This is why Steffen Mau is the driving force and panellist for the next edition of the discussion series "What can the Capital of Culture do in Chemnitz". "Will the East remain different?" is the key question of this evening. The author will read from his book and then enter into conversation with Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka, curator of the #3000Garagen project, and Julia Brettschneider from the Puppet Theatre at Chemnitz Theatre. How do we learn to deal with identities and crises and what role does a strong civil society play in this? These are questions they want to explore together.
The event is fully booked. Tickets are available at the box office ( as long as capacities last).
On the podium:
Steffen Mau is Professor of Macrosociology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His book Lütten Klein (2019) is dedicated to the transformation history of Lütten Klein during the collapse of the GDR. In 2021, he received the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation.
Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka is the curator of #3000Garages, one of the main projects of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. Since 2022, she has been working in the environment of the countless Chemnitz garage yards, most of which were built by their users themselves during the GDR era. In the programme field "Eastern State of Mind", #3000Garagen takes a look at these places of everyday architecture and draws a collective portrait of the city of Chemnitz based on the people who use garages and their stories.
Julia Brettschneider is a director at the Figurentheater Chemnitz, where she is staging the "Archaeology of Things": a theatre piece about objects found in Chemnitz garages. The play performatively explores the stories from the garage environment. With a biographical-documentary approach, an open approach to the hidden, the lives of the owners as well as passions, expertise and transformations unfolds. Julia Brettschneider has directed at theatres including Theater Aachen, tjg Dresden, Theatern Chemnitz, Junges Schauspiel Bremerhaven and tdjw Leipzig.
Time: Tuesday, 8 October 2024 at 19:00 to 20:30, admission from 18:30
Venue: Hartmannfabrik, Fabrikstraße 11 , 09111 Chemnitz
Note: Please arrive on time, late admission cannot be guaranteed. Glass bottles may not be taken into the event. In addition, the organisers reserve the right to exercise their domiciliary rights.
Accessibility:
- the event is barrier-free
- the event will be accompanied by sign language interpreters
- an awareness team will be on site
- the event will be streamed and it is possible to participate via chat at http://www.youtube.com/@chemnitz2025
- We endeavour to make the event as accessible as possible. Please let us know what other needs you have in terms of accessibility and whether you need an escort on site at pascal.anselmi@chemnitz2025.de
The discussion series is part of the Soft Skill Academy, a project within the European Workshop for Culture and Democracy programme of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH.
