For around 8 million euros, the city of Chemnitz has transformed a derelict streetcar depot into a cultural and event area. The "Garage Campus" is a new cultural venue for the city that can continue to develop, said project manager Tina Winkel. The rooms will offer space for exhibitions, conferences, workshops and concerts, but will also serve as a meeting place for clubs and creative people.
Forecast of the "#3000Garages" exhibition
The "#3000Garages" exhibition - a flagship project in the Capital of Culture year - will be shown here from May. It focuses on the role of garages as hidden places of creativity, tinkering and social interaction. Visitors can get a taste of this this weekend at the opening of the "Garage Campus". On display are a number of works by Leipzig photographer Christoph Busse, who has been photographing garages across Europe for more than 15 years. Also on display are portraits of people in Chemnitz garage yards, taken by Berlin photographer Maria Sturm in her project "Mitgliederversammlung".
