There will be open calls for projects in 2026. All details will be published in the Chemnitz 2025 Newsletter as well as on Social Media.
Residents of Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture region have the opportunity to contribute their own ideas and projects.
Associations, initiatives and individuals from Chemnitz and the 38 municipalities in the Capital of Culture region can apply for up to 2,500 € in financial support for their ideas until 31 March 2026. Projects are sought that relate to the major themes of the Capital of Culture year: #3000Garages, living neighbourhood, intergenerational exchange, the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail, and Maker-Region. The aim is to open up places with new ideas, facilitate encounters with local or European actors, encourage creative participation, or reveal the hidden. The project can start after notification by Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH. The notification is expected to take place in mid-May.
In addition to the exhibition, the ‘Open Trial’ documentation centre is curating an archive that will provide a space for coming to terms with the NSU complex and its causes. The documentation centre is launching a collection campaign focusing on the NSU complex, right-wing terror, racism and migration.
In order to bring the archive to life, materials from the NSU era are being sought: personal, political or everyday items.
These could be, for example:
- Press cuttings, radio or television programmes
- Everyday objects, photos, letters or diaries
- Flyers, posters, invitations to events (especially from a migrant perspective)
- Recordings or memories from workshops, storytelling cafés or programmes
- Recordings of conversations, stories, self-made videos, audio files
- Term papers or theses on suitable topics
We do not work according to the classic archive model, in which objects are handed over permanently. A photo, a scan or a brief description is often sufficient. If digitisation is not possible, a simple reference to the source is also sufficient. The ‘Offener Prozess’ team is also happy to assist with the recording of materials.
Anyone who has a connection to these topics and can contribute something is welcome to bring material. Pupils or students who are interested in these topics, members of the migrant community or victims of the NSU crimes can also contribute to the archive.
The only important thing is that the material should trigger something - memories for everyone who sees, hears or reads it in the archive.
To submit your collection items from 4 June (until 27 November), please send an email to archiv(at)offener-prozess.de.
Further information at ↗https://offener-prozess.de/archiv/
The archive is not directly part of the exhibition, but will be open and accessible at the following times:
Wed - Thu 14:00 to 16:00 and by appointment at archiv(at)offener-prozess.de
Address: Documentation complex, Johannisplatz 8, 09111 Chemnitz
