Dialogfeld 3

As part of the third field of dialogue, Anne Schädlich further developed her artistic practice and made it visible. She focussed on the creative process: sewing, painting, crocheting or building, she processed impulses from everyday life – without ready-made plans, but with a great deal of experimentation and spontaneity.

During her six weeks, Anne collected found objects and donated items of clothing from the neighbourhood. These textiles were used to create large-format carpets and two-dimensional works that carried the stories of the city and its people. Old fabrics were given new value, their traces told of lives lived and became visible anew in the artistic work.

Anne invited visitors to discover these newly created surfaces, to engage with their own perspective and to ask questions: What constitutes the value of materials? Which stories remain, which are lost? Her works were both aesthetically impressive and provided inspiration for a more conscious approach to resources, memories and encounters.

The third round of the Dialogue Fields residency programme came to a close with an intensive week of intervention. From 11 July, artists Philipp Kolychev (Prague) and Denise Lee / 李筑 (lǐ zhú) (USA / Hong Kong / Taiwan) lived and worked on the Sonnenberg in Chemnitz. For Philipp Kolychev, the residency on the Sonnenberg became a playful experiment between chess, food and city life. With his mobile installation “ZugZwang”, he combined a chessboard, bread pieces and everyday street life to create an unusual experience. Passers-by could play against each other – and then eat the pieces they had captured. A game of strategy thus became a moment of exchange, a small shared meal and a friendly disruption to everyday life.

Philipp posed questions about hospitality, access to public space and the small rituals of everyday city life. At the same time, his cart was reminiscent of street vendors around the world – often inconspicuous, but central to urban life. Humorous and accessible, it encouraged people to question their own perception of the city and community.

Denise Lee also focussed on direct encounters. In her mask-making workshops, she created trickster masks inspired by mythical figures that symbolise change, cunning and social transformation. At the final trickster parade, the masks were carried through the streets of Chemnitz – a celebration of transformation, collective creativity, humour and the power of stories.

Anne Schädlich

From trash to treasure

As part of the third field of dialogue, Anne Schädlich further developed her artistic practice and made it visible. She focussed on the creative process: sewing, painting, crocheting or building, she processed impulses from everyday life – without ready-made plans, but with a great deal of experimentation and spontaneity.

During her six weeks, Anne collected found objects and donated items of clothing from the neighbourhood. These textiles were used to create large-format carpets and two-dimensional works that carried the stories of the city and its people. Old fabrics were given new value, their traces told of lives lived and became visible anew in the artistic work.

Anne invited visitors to discover these newly created surfaces, to engage with their own perspective and to ask questions: What constitutes the value of materials? Which stories remain, which are lost? Her works were both aesthetically impressive and provided inspiration for a more conscious approach to resources, memories and encounters.

For the third and final time this year, invited artists will be exploring the theme of favour for six weeks – this time with Denise Lee, Philipp Kolychev and Anne Schädlich as local artists.
The results of this work phase will be visible in a public intervention week from 16 to 23 August – you are cordially invited to attend!

To kick off the residency, we had a special Welcome Weekend, which was organised and accompanied by the (K)Einheit initiative team. (K)Einheit deals with East German remembrance culture from the perspective of Generation Z.

We started on Friday evening in the Wirkbau: the ice was quickly broken over home-rolled summer rolls and initial discussions. We were given an insight into the work of (K)Einheit, which then showed its own documentary series: “(K)Einheit – How Generation Z thinks about the East ” – a filmic dialogue format with ten young people from East Germany. The series was created in 2022.

On Saturday, after a relaxed brunch, we went on a city walk guided by (K)Einheit. One stop was the Kaßberg prison, a place of learning and remembrance, where we took part in a very informative and moving guided tour. Afterwards we visited the art installation “Fischelant ” – a project of 3000 garages in the context of the European Capital of Culture. We ended the evening together with karaoke at Lokomov – a great opportunity to get to know each other even better!

On Sunday, we visited the documentation centre for the NSU complex (open trial). We took part in a guided tour of the centre. The intense impressions had a lasting effect, so we stayed longer at the centre to take in the archive material and the rooms. At the end of the weekend, there was a joint summary.

A big thank you to (K)Einheit for their intelligent and sensitive guidance – and to our resident artists for the open start to these six weeks full of impressions, questions and artistic research.

We look forward to the coming weeks and the intervention week in August!

Anne Schädlich (@studio.aeynee) works with her hands – sewing, painting, drawing, sometimes crocheting or building. Her art arises from impulses, not from plans. What emerges is often raw, fragmentary and never completely balanced – just as searching as she is. Between fabric and colour, she struggles with her own perfectionism and yet finds peace in her creative work. Her works are not about answers, but about trying things out, covering them up and finding them again.