ENCOUNTER WITH THE SLEEPING GIANT
Project information
submitted by
Fabienne Margue
Co-Authors
Sisu Satrawaha (Mon), Laura Leal, Bernardita Bennett, Nađa Kračunović, Viktor Dallmann, Milad Rezaei, Pati Sayuri, Minhee Ahn, Fabienne Margue, Jonathan Joosten, Arijit Bhattacharyya, Lea Wittich, Vitor de Almeida Mattos
Mentors
Prof. Danica Dakić, Ina Weise, Raul Walch und Jirka Reichmann (Koordination)
Faculty:
Art and Design
Degree programme:
Public Art and New Artistic Strategies (english) (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.))
Type of project presentation
Presentation
Semester
Summer semester 2021
Contributors:
Stadt Leipzig, Geschäftsstelle Matthäikirchhof / Freiheits- und Einheitsdenkmal Leipzig
Project description
ENCOUNTER WITH THE SLEEPING GIANT
A project of the MFA programme "Public Art and New Artistic Strategies"
Prof. Danica Dakić, Ina Weise, Raul Walch, and Jirka Reichmann (coordination)
Opening 12.7. 2021 / 17 Uhr
& 13.-15.7.2021 / 19-22 Uhr
Works by Sisu Satrawaha (Mon), Laura Leal, Bernardita Bennett, Nađa Kračunović, Viktor Dallmann, Milad Rezaei, Pati Sayuri, Minhee Ahn, Fabienne Margue, Jonathan Joosten, Arijit Bhattacharyya, Lea Wittich, Vitor de Almeida Mattos.
How can a “museumization” of a historically significant event such as the Peaceful Revolution of 1989 be countered by an examination of present or future politico-social realities?
How can we deal with the building that once housed the District Office of State Security? Both in terms of its historical significance and its architecture, the complex built in the 1980s on the Matthäikirchhof in Leipzig is enormous. And yet, in December 1989, the activists of the Peaceful Revolution succeeded in overwhelming this complex.
In the project ENCOUNTER WITH THE SLEEPING GIANT, site-specific artistic works were developed in the building and around the area of the historic Matthäikirchhof in Leipzig. Individually and/or in groups, the international students of the MFA programme engaged with the site and its history and created artworks in different forms and media.
Exhibition Location / Event Location
- Trierer Straße 5 - Der Laden
- Trierer Straße 5 - Der Laden
- Trierer Straße 5 - Der Laden
- Trierer Straße 5 - Der Laden