Competition "New European Bauhaus in the cultural region of Chemnitz"
Ten pupils honoured with prizes
On 9 September 2021, Saxony's Minister for European Affairs Katja Meier and Mayor Michael Stötzer awarded prizes to ten pupils in the "New European Bauhaus in the Chemnitz Cultural Region" competition. Three prizes were awarded in each of the categories "Drawing, Painting, Graphics", "Modelling Utopias of a City" and "Modelling Concrete Ideas for Life". The prizes are endowed with prize money of 100, 200 and 300 euros. A further work was praised by the jury.
The prize winners are:
Category Drawing, Painting, Graphics
1st prize "Colourful mixed vision of the future" - Thadeus Zwiener (300 euros)
2nd prize "Neue Nanas - Diverse colour pregnancy (five-part work)" - Jule Strube (200 euros)
3rd prize "sleep in a painting" - Henriette Domes (100 euros)
Modelling Utopias of a City *category
1st prize "City of the future" - Manuel Görner (300 euros)
2nd prize "The green city" - Niklas Rach (200 euros)
3rd prize "City of the Future" - Sunny Selbmann (100 euros)
Concrete life ideas *modelling category
1st prize "School of the future - School in cool" - Lea Steier, Lea-Sophie Wimmer and Julia Lenk
(300 euros)
2nd prize "Sustainable living for several generations" - Luise Neubert (200 euros)
3rd prize "Ecological secondary school in the future" - Melissa Clauß (100 euros)
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* Due to a lack of entries in the originally planned "Sculpture" category, the jury decided to split the "Model Making" category into "Model Making Utopias of a City" and "Model Making Concrete Ideas for Living".
In addition to the evaluation, the jury particularly emphasised
"The framework of your possibilities - four-part work" - Angelina Kärcher
A total of 23 entries were submitted, five of which did not fulfil the entry requirements.
The members of the jury are
Dr Nadja Anders, presiding judge at the State Social Court in Chemnitz and former head of the Chemnitz site of the State Office for Schools and Education (LaSuB), Dr Frédéric Bußmann, General Director of the Chemnitz Art Collections, Ruth Reichstein, consultant at I.D.E.A. (the EU Commission's internal think tank) and responsible for the New European Bauhaus, Jürgen Pinkert, consultant for art at the Chemnitz State Office for Schools and Education and Linda Pense, artist and designer, Marianne Brandt Competition.
From May to June, the Saxon State Ministry of Justice and for Democracy, Europe and Equality and the City of Chemnitz, with the support of the Chemnitz State Office for Schools and Education, organised a competition for young people between the ages of 14 and 18 who live in the Chemnitz cultural region. The competition was looking for ideas on how to harmonise ecological, economic and cultural aspects with sustainability and accessibility.
The competition is part of the European Commission's creative interdisciplinary initiative "New European Bauhaus". The Commission is calling on all Europeans to engage in dialogue to develop and realise shared ideas for a sustainable, inclusive, intellectually and emotionally appealing future.
