Members’ Assembly
A long-term photographic project by Maria Sturm
The members of a garage community usually meet once a year to discuss current issues such as maintenance, work assignments or administrative matters. Photographer Maria Sturm brought 2024 extraordinary people from dozens of different yards together and in front of her camera. The Romanian-born artist met 164 people and captured them in large-format portraits with her analogue medium-format camera. Behind each photo is an encounter, a conversation, an exchange, sometimes even a friendly relationship. The result is a photographic community portrait of the city of Chemnitz.
The exhibition can be seen from 17 January to 26 April 2025 in 50 Chemnitz retail outlets. In the second half of the year, it will be shown in the Garage Campus on Zwickauer Straße.
When?
17. January - 26 April 2025, shops in the city centre
09. May - 30 November 2025, Garage Campus, Chemnitz
Where? Shops, supermarkets and shops in the craft and service trades, to be announced, Chemnitz
Romanian-born photographer Maria Sturm (*1985) initially studied photography at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences before completing her MFA in photography at the Rhode Island School of Design on a Fulbright and DAAD scholarship. She portrays people in their socio-cultural environment with a particular sensitivity for the cracks and gaps in the carefully selected excerpts of reality. The fragile strength of her protagonists comes to light in a way that is both delicate and relentlessly expressive. Maria Sturm's work has already won several international awards, been published and shown in exhibitions.
- Humboldt and Agricola bookshop, Am Rathaus 8
- Hella Erler fashion salon, An der Markthalle 18
- Pauls Boutique, An der Markthalle 18
- BLOB FASHION, Börnichsgasse 1
- Café Tee Lounge, Börnichsgasse 2a
- Wendel leather range, Börnichsgasse 3
- Tinten-Toner-Tankstation, Hartmannstraße 7
- Filigran, Innere Klosterstraße 7
- Jewellery Chemnitz, Innere Klosterstraße 11
- Solekitchen, Innere Klosterstraße 11
- PLAZE, Innere Klosterstraße 13
- Volksbank Chemnitz, Innere Klosterstraße 15
- Suchsland Optik Chemnitz, Jakobikirchplatz 2
- GEMS Vintage & Secondhand, Johannisstraße 1
- Jeweller Roller, Markt 20
- Patch & Co. at TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20,
- Peek & Cloppenburg, Neumarkt 1
- Galerie Roter Turm Chemnitz, Neumarkt 2
- Chemnitz Book Centre, Rathausstraße 7
- Max Müller bookshop (EVABU), Reitbahnstraße 21
- Weltenbaum - Der Baum Mit Herz, Reitbahnstraße 30
- Bürgerhaus City e.V., Rosenhof 18
- DECATHLON, Straße der Nationen 12
- Fair World Chemnitz, Straße der Nationen 12
- Maximilian Barbershop, Straße der Nationen 26
- Kult - Design - Unikate, Theaterstraße 38
- Lagatta, Webergasse 3
- S&S Herrenaustatter Chemnitz, Webergasse 5
- the ginger club, Brühl 32
- Mon Klamott, Brühl 46
- Spangeltangel, Brühl 47
- eisice Pinguin, Brühl 48
- A-B-C Textilpflege am Brühl, Georgstraße 20
- (smow) Chemnitz, Barbarossastrasse 39
- Lessing und Kompanie bookshop, Franz-Mehring-Straße 8
- faden|geschichten, Weststraße 60
- Paisa, Paisa, Puschkin, Weststraße 78
- Richter garden centre, Weststraße 98
- Tuffner furniture gallery, Am Walkgraben 13
- Edeka E-Center Dietrich, Dresdner Straße 45
- Merian pharmacy in the Yorck area, Fürstenstraße 143
- Belinda hairdressing salon, Horst-Vieth-Weg 15
- Neefepark Chemnitz, Im Neefepark 3
- IKEA Chemnitz, Im Neefepark 5
- Jacques' Wein-Depot, Leipziger Straße 44
- Sachsen-Allee Chemnitz, Thomas-Mann-Platz 1b
- Vita Centre Chemnitz, Wladimir-Sagorski-Straße 22
- ratiomat fitted kitchens, Zwickauer Straße 74
- Stöckert furniture store, Zwickauer Straße 116
- Leitermann speciality store, Zwickauer Straße 247c
Collect stamps in five participating shops and secure your exclusive multitool (while stocks last). You can pick up your multitool at the Chemnitz 2025 visitor centre: Hartmannfabrik, Fabrikstr. 11, 09111 Chemnitz
