The exhibition presents installations, objects, films and documentation from workshops, residencies and field research on topics such as craft heritage, hybrid environmental practices, innovation with tradition and knowledge transfer.
After its first stop in Ljubljana, the two German partner institutions - the Dresden State Art Collections' Museum of Decorative Arts and the Schneeberg Faculty of Applied Arts at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau - are now bringing the extensive exhibition to the Ore Mountains and as an exhibition satellite to the art collections in Chemnitz.
In cooperation with the host KulturWerk Schneeberg e.V., which is integrating the exhibition into the Makers, Business & Arts programme of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025, as well as SKICA Berlin - the Slovenian Cultural Information Centre Berlin and the Slovenian Tourist Board Germany, a vernissage with a special focus on Slovenia - in particular on Nova Gorica, which shares the title of European Capital of Culture with Chemnitz in 2025 - is being created. MADE IN Platform for Contemporary Crafts and Design is co-financed by the European Union.
You can look forward to an inspiring opening programme in terms of content, cuisine and music:
Moderator Alexander Fuchs will lead you through three dialogues that will open up different perspectives on European culture and crafts. The speakers will address the following topics:
Craft and design as cultural identity in Europe
- Barbara Klepsch, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism
- Saša Šavel Burkart, Director of the Slovenian Cultural Centre - SKICA Berlin
- Ingo Seifert, Mayor of the mountain town of Schneeberg
- Nils Bergauer, leather glove manufacturer Bergauer Schneeberg
Spaces for culture and crafts
- Prof Dr Stephan Kassel, Rector WHZ
- Andrea Pier, Commercial Managing Director Chemnitz 2025
- Josephine Hage, Curator Makers, Business & Arts, Chemnitz 2025
- Rebeka Kumer Bizjak, Head of the Slovenian Tourist Board Germany
MADE IN Platform for Contemporary Crafts and Design
- Thomas A. Geisler, Director of the Museum of Decorative Arts Pillnitz Castle
- Prof Jacob Strobel, Professor of Wood Design, WHZ
- Rok Oblak, Designer & Founder Salto Dionys Ljubljana
The chefs Uroš Fakuč (Nova Gorica, SLO) & Lars Rosenkranz (Schneeberg, DE) invite you to a culinary fusion
Fusion of Slovenia and the Ore Mountains. Exquisite Slovenian sparkling wines will be tasted.
Composer, author and bandoneon player Jürgen Karthe will provide musical accompaniment on the bandoneon, which was invented in Chemnitz and produced in the Ore Mountains.
Please book in advance.