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Beautiful park, for lingering alone, with children or with parents, or simply for a relaxed ride through.

Hein's bench, specially designed for the Jahnsdorf location, forms a course with curves and changes in elevation, inviting dynamic sitting, lying down, or even sliding. Dimensions: 1.45 x 6.61 x 5.32 m; made of aluminum; installed in 2024 at the train station/playground https://chemnitz2025.de/purple-path/jeppe-hein-modified-social-bench-for-jahnsdorf/

Part of the art and sculpture trail https://chemnitz2025.de/purple-path/

The 🟣 PURPLE PATH 🟣 is a sculpture trail connecting Chemnitz, the 2025 Capital of Culture, with 38 towns and cities in the region. Numerous artists have contributed works of various kinds, telling a untold story of the region. More information at https://chemnitz2025.de/purple-path/ Various artists "Annaberg Impulse I: Wood" in Lugau City Park Material: Wood "Wood and Stone: Artistic Creation in the Ore Mountains and Central Saxony The crème de la crème of artists from the Ore Mountains and their Czech friends have known each other for decades. They work in an interdisciplinary manner, using different media and materials. As the Annaberg Network, they are now curating sculptures for two exhibitions. Works made of traditional materials, wood, and stone can be seen. Participants include: Milan Bezaniuk, Paul Brockhage, Rolf Büttner, Roland Buschmann, Kurt Gebauer, Steffi Getzlaff, Petr Hladky, Marcel Kabisch, Jitka Kusova, Sebastian Mvller, Christoph Roßner, Wilfried Runst, Adam Rybka, Uwe Schwarz, Jörg Seifert, Thomas Suchomel, Josef Swancar, and Silvio Ukat." The "Annaberger Impuls II: Stone" can be found in the wild plant park in the former "Drei Schwanen" inn in Oederan.

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The 🟣 PURPLE PATH 🟣 is a sculpture trail connecting Chemnitz, the 2025 Capital of Culture, with 38 cities and towns in the region. Numerous artists have contributed works of various kinds, telling an untold history of the region. More information at https://chemnitz2025.de/purple-path/ Jeppe Hein "Modified Social Bench for Jahnsdorf #01" in Jahnsdorf, playground at the train station Material: powder-coated aluminum Size: 1.45 x 6.61 x 5.32 m "Inspired by the benches in New York's Central Park and his exploration of themes such as "proximity and distance," the Berlin-based artist Jeppe Hein, born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1974, developed a series of sculptures entitled "Modified Social Bench." The artist alters the typical, globally encountered arrangement of seats, backrests, and corners, as well as the height of benches as part of urban furniture, so that sitting becomes a communicative act both physically and non-verbally. Hein's bench, designed specifically for the Jahnsdorf site, creates a course through curves and height differences that invites dynamic sitting, lying, or even sliding. In a playful way, he also dissolves the common principle of prohibiting the direct touching or use of art and raises questions about the conventions in dealing with works of art. Hein also extends his questioning to today's common functional objects in public space itself, which are usually erected and initiated by municipalities and local governments: sealed surfaces, city benches, playground furniture, or even designer sculptures. As a result, egalitarian and open spaces are increasingly disappearing, being rendered unusable, or closed off with the aim of protecting them from vandalism, misuse, or sabotage. The artist, together with Jahnsdorf residents, is addressing this controlling and exclusionary design of urban space with a work of art in an undesigned space beneath the train station. Here, with his 2024 sculpture "Modified Social Bench for Jahnsdorf #01," Hein playfully opens up a field of interpersonal communication that focuses on the encounter between people. (Text: Alexander Ochs / Ulrike Pennewitz)

"Modified Social Bench For Jahnsdorf" by Jeppe Hein

Great view of Stollberg including Hoheneck Castle