Tanja Krone & Team | Songs of (In)Security

In the organizer's words:

The successful show from Chemnitz exclusively in the West German twin city of Düsseldorf - a concert performance that documents, invites reflection and builds bridges.

For the Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025, artist Tanja Krone asked a simple, open question: "Chemnitz, are you sure?" She spoke to people from security companies, the police, trades and insurance companies, interviewed pensioners, schoolchildren, refugees and people she knows from the past. The starting point is the city's unusually high density of garages. The word garage comes from the French and means "to keep something safe". The conversations not only revealed the mood of a city, but perhaps of an entire republic. The project was created as part of #3000Garages of the Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 and focused on the city's approximately 30,000 garages. In the GDR, they were shelters for painstakingly acquired vehicles, as well as archives, workshops and personal retreats. The interviews were transcribed, shortened and re-edited, but their syntax, dialect and all the breaks were preserved. The result is a concert show that invites critical reflection on current German emotional worlds. Together with the band "Die erste Sicherheitskonferenz des ehemaligen Ostens", the show is now going on tour. Their first concert in the 'West' will take place exclusively for the Impulse Festival in Düsseldorf - Chemnitz's twin city. A musical experience between concert and tragicomedy - humorous, polyphonic and poetic-documentary.

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The hit show from Chemnitz, presented exclusively in its West German partner city of Düsseldorf - a concert performance that documents, invites reflection, and builds bridges.

For 2025 Capital of Culture Chemnitz, artist Tanja Krone posed a simple, open question: "Chemnitz, are you safe?" She spoke to people from security companies, the police, tradespeople and insurance companies, interviewed pensioners, schoolchildren, refugees and people she once knew. Her starting point was the city's unusually high number of garages. The word garage comes from French and means "to bring something to safety". The conversations revealed not only the mood of a city, but perhaps of an entire republic. The #3000Garagen project was created as part of the 2025 Capital of Culture Chemnitz and focused on the roughly 30,000 garages in the city. They were not only shelters for hard-won vehicles in the GDR, but also archives, workshops and personal retreats. The interviews were transcribed, shortened and re-edited, but retain their syntax, dialect and all their fractures. The result is a concert show that invites critical reflection on current German emotional worlds and is touring with the band "Die erste Sicherheitskonferenz des ehemaligen Ostens" (The First Security Conference of the Former East). Its first concert in the 'West' will take place exclusively for the Impulse Festival in Düsseldorf, which is twinned with Chemnitz. A musical experience that lies between concert and tragicomedy - humorous, polyphonic, poetic and documentary.