Vernissage: Runterkommen

As part of the “Runterkommen” series—the Decompression Room, the Cooldown Space, and the After-Hour event following Chemnitz 2025—which, through exhibitions by international O-Spaces, collectively addresses the post-event blues as a productive transition between euphoria, legacy, and lethargy, we are opening two new exhibitions on Friday, August 21. We’ll start at 6:00 p.m. at the GLASKASTEN Gallery with the exhibition BEFORE/AFTER and continue at 7:00 p.m. at the HINTEN Gallery with the exhibition Invitation to bark beetles and friends.

BEFORE/AFTER

The Dutch artist duo, Matt Plezier and Setareh Noorani, are presenting two site-specific installations at the Glaskasten Gallery. The exhibition questions the distinction between beginning and end and explores rhythm, repetition, and time. Its starting point is Chemnitz as a city of transformations and the resulting spaces of freedom: the clubs, techno, and hip-hop collectives that emerged in abandoned factories in the ’90s. SMET builds on this through their own practice within self-organized subcultures—as well as on the connection to Rotterdam documented in the 1993 HAKKE zine.

Invitation to bark beetles and friends

The FALTE project space from Hanover is a guest at Galerie HINTEN, presenting *Invitation to bark beetles and friends* by Laura Schöning—a cross-city, two-part exhibition project that connects Chemnitz with Hanover.