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Lecture Series "Mathematics as a cultural heritage and .."

Inspired by Chemnitz's successful application to become the Capital of Culture 2025, the Faculty of Mathematics and the Evangelisches Forum Chemnitz are organizing the lecture series "Kulturgut Mathematik und ...". In each case, mathematics will be linked to a different area, e.g. religion, politics, art, justice, history, logistics, music, work, etc. The approximately one-hour lectures take place at the relevant locations in Chemnitz, e.g. church, town hall, art collection, court, university, railroad museum, music school, trade union building, etc. The lectures make mathematics "socially acceptable", help to develop interdisciplinary connections, sensitize the city public to the relevance of mathematics and stimulate interesting discussions.

Project website: Lecture Series "Mathematics as a cultural heritage and .."

Movement and standstill. The last year of study in the GDR

The six university archives in Chemnitz, Halle, Jena, Leipzig, Magdeburg and Weimar are planning to organise an exhibition on the last year of study in the GDR in 2024. A total of 35 exhibition panels are to be shown as a travelling exhibition at all six university locations. All facets of student life during the last year of study in the GDR are to be presented. This ranges from admission and enrolment, study plans and organisation, lecture halls, laboratories and libraries, leisure and culture, political indoctrination within and by the SED, FDJ, GST, military training and civil defence, internationalisation and the placement of graduates - the exhibition is designed as a travelling exhibition, will open in Magdeburg in October 2024 and will be shown in Chemnitz from 3 June 2025. A joint event with the Institute for European Studies and History, where a major project on the history of the student body in the GDR era is underway, is planned for the vernissage in the Capital of Culture year.

Project website: Movement and standstill. The last year of study in the GDR

Aneca: "Chemnitz Addressed – Europe Expressed!"

Europe looks to Chemnitz as European Capital of Culture – but how does Chemnitz see Europe? The project "Chemnitz Addressed – Europe Expressed!" creates a multi-perspective on the experiences of former students, teachers, and education policymakers to showcase how the concept of Europe taught in schools has changed since the post-reunification era. In collaboration with local artists and the Chemnitz History Association, interviews with contemporary witnesses will be illustrated and presented on December 3rd at the University Library. The aim is to promote cooperation between academia and cultural creators in academia and to encourage a reappraisal on the (post-)reunification era.

Project website: Aneca: "Chemnitz Addressed – Europe Expressed!"

Dialogue forum: Grundschule mal anders – making the Chemnitz primary school environment visible

The aim of the ‘Grundschule mal anders’ dialogue forum is to make the diversity of innovative primary schools in Chemnitz visible. A current educational topic (e.g. performance) is discussed at each of the five events. Two schools will present themselves at each event, for example those that implement alternative performance assessments in an innovative way. The aim of the dialogue between school administrators, school teachers and representatives from academia is to shed light on different perspectives and derive ideas on how teaching can be implemented in an innovative, participatory and effective way. The dialogue will be documented with graphic recording and the results exhibited digitally and analogue.

Project website: Dialogue forum: Grundschule mal anders – making the Chemnitz primary school environment visible

Grundschule mal anders

Kamenica Musica: Development of a self-sufficient listening station for use on a music hiking trail

Music (hi)stories should be brought to life in public spaces. Together with partners from other European countries and guests of the Capital of Culture, we want to showcase Chemnitz music and connections to neighboring countries. A walking and cycling path between the Altchemnitz terminus and Falkeplatz through the city park is to become a musical walk. From the confluence of the Würschnitz and Zwönitz rivers to Chemnitz to the Weltecho, stations will be set up to make this path even more interesting. Musical activities in the cultural region will be presented with information boards and a loudspeaker that can be used to listen to pieces of music at the touch of a button.

Project website: Kamenica Musica: Development of a self-sufficient listening station for use on a music hiking trail

Kamenica Musica

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Chemnitz in Layers I: Soundscapes of Europe

The project "Chemnitz in Layers I: Soundscapes of Europe" consists of two sub-projects that reflect on the opportunities and risks of the current automation of intellectual and creative work. The results of these sub-projects will be documented on a media art website and can be "composed" into layers of any complexity (Soundscapes of Europe).

1. "Soundscapes of Europe: Babelmanufaktur" involves the use of ChatGPT4o for score production and the generation of AI performers for all European languages.
2. "Soundscapes of Europe: Babel 1" (1998/2025, language composition by E. Fricke). Concerts and concert installations with human and AI performers as a result of the Babel Factory (“Babelmanufaktur”).

Project website: Chemnitz in Layers I: Soundscapes of Europe

Love in Times of Hate?

Invisible yet Visible: Chemistry in Everyday Life – CHEMnitz Culture

The project aims to highlight the importance of chemistry in cultural and everyday areas through lectures and hands-on experiments. We will offer events that highlight the role of chemistry in photography, the structure of materials, and tattoos, and illustrate this in part through hands-on experiments. We will also cover the importance of chemical reactions in food and show how “molecular cuisine” can change the enjoyment of food and drink.

Project website: Invisible yet Visible: Chemistry in Everyday Life – CHEMnitz Culture

Herzgebirge – Stories from historical documents

Socialist art in Chemnitz's urban space

The urban space of Chemnitz features numerous works of art that are often unknown even to the city's residents. The project therefore aims to document the political art of the GDR era in Chemnitz's urban space and to shed light on the relationship between art and political ideology in its public representation. The results will be compiled in a digital catalog that can be used by art-loving Chemnitz residents and tourists alike. The project will build on the already completed TUCculture project for the cataloguing and digitisation of campus art objects.