Kleingarten Eden

In the organizer's words:

The allotment garden as a place of building culture and green lung of the city? The exhibition shows different perspectives on the importance of allotment gardens in our city and society. Artistic, scientific, architectural and historical contributions take a look through the hedge at the underestimated role of allotment gardens and their origins in Saxony.

The title Allotment Garden Eden suggests a kind of utopia: the idea of having your own piece of land, which you can cultivate and shape according to your own wishes and whose yield you harvest, promises fulfillment. But what does this say about us and our society? What does it have to do with publicity and privacy, ownership and property? Is the allotment garden site a mirror of our society - in miniature? The exhibition is dedicated to these questions on the basis of three contemporary artistic positions by Victoria Gentsch, Rojo & Kreß and Janis Vetter and other contributions. At the same time, it is also dedicated to the aspects that we can learn from the everyday life and practice of allotment gardening on a larger scale - for our interaction with nature and for building culture, because many things are lived in allotment gardens that have so far mostly been wishful thinking on other levels.

Price information:

Free admission, donations are welcome.