Invited Competition
Market Fountain (2002) · Chemnitz

Competition
2002 Invited Public Art Competition advertised by the City Council of Chemnitz. Not realised.

Authors
Office of Integrative Art - Jörg Amonat, Stefan Krüskemper, Johannes Volkmann

Description
The points of the competition contribution are: re-using the existing historical parts (requirement of the jury) of the old saxonia fountain from 1893 | a module principle as the general project idea | reassembling the old stone parts of the fountain but accenting the separation distances of each element | illumination of the separation distances | assembling parts with contemporary imagery | instead of the formerly allegorical figures (melted down) inserting a media module with diplays | the inhabitants and visitors of Chemnitz could inform themselves about the current activities of the town nowadays, the today´s wells - about developments, ideas, initiatives and corporations | instead of the old saxonia figure (also melted down) a column made of yellow cuboids as a symbol of shouldering the fundamentals of the state (like the saxonia does) is intended. | positioning cuboids near and around the fountain

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