Donata Wenders: Ode to the craft

Film presentation

A craftsman in a white apron stands at a workbench holding scissors, with leather pieces spread out. Behind him are shelves displaying various gloves and a cabinet with multiple drawers.
A craftsman in a white apron stands at a workbench holding scissors, with leather pieces spread out. Behind him are shelves displaying various gloves and a cabinet with multiple drawers.
Cr: Donata Wenders

Visual artist and camerawoman Donata Wenders created a series of film miniatures that portray Saxon craftswomen entitled »Ode to Craft«. The focus is generally not on the individual, rather on her craftswomanship. A weaver is joined by a shoemaker, a potter, a blacksmith, a papermaker, and the Ore Mountain manufacturer of the Chemnitz cult instrument, the bandoneon. For the Purple Path, portraits were created of glove maker Nils Bergauer and nutcracker artisan, Markus Füchtner in Seiffen.

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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.