Franziska Hübner & Franka Daneck |

As a city, Chemnitz is characterised by the constant decline in population numbers as well as by the magnificent Wilhelminian-style buildings and production halls that tell of a time of boom around 1900. Many of these buildings are empty today and when you drive through Chemnitz, you can't help but wonder what stories and events have taken place in these places and left their mark. For the people who live here, the vacancy is hardly associated with fascination or curiosity, but with pain at the fact that the city is falling into disrepair. Initiatives such as the revitalisation of the Brühl show a struggle to revive and use these places steeped in history.

We also want to deal with the emptiness in Chemnitz, to read the traces of the past on the walls and to make stories visible and audible in the emptiness that tell of the life that has existed here. We are always endeavouring to fill the void with history, stories and meaning. That is our "horror vacui".