Until 17 August, the former lignite-fired power plant in Chemnitz is the venue for the Begehungen art festival. The exhibition will showcase 32 international artistic positions on the site, which will be decommissioned in 2024. The site is also home to a chimney designed by French artist Daniel Buren (7 colours for a chimney). Under the title Everything is Interaction, the art festival focuses on topics such as resource consumption, species loss and the climate crisis. Works by artists such as Lara Almarcegui, Olaf Nicolai, Henrike Naumann, Uriel Orlow, Ursula Biemann, Gregor Schneider, Paulo Tavares, Daniel Otero Torres, Günther and Loredana Selichar and Hito Steyerl will be on display. They deal with the social, ecological and economic consequences of environmental destruction, with questions of justice and power and the associated social discourses. A good quarter of the works, such as the wind installation by Rikuo Ueda, were created on a site-specific basis as part of residencies.
The exhibition is complemented by a festival programme with concerts, readings, lectures and performances. The Begehungen art festival has been taking place in Chemnitz since 2003. It takes place at different locations every year and is part of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 programme this year.
Address:
Chemnitz | former HKW Chemnitz-Nord, Dammweg 10
Opening hours:
daily, 12-8 p.m. (closed on 14 August)
www.begehungen-festival.de