The People Behind the Application
Applicant City of Chemnitz represented by the Mayor Barbara Ludwig, Markt 1, 09111 Chemnitz Steering Group Sven Bader, Klaus Bartl, Gunnar Bertram, Julia Bombien, Ralph Burghart, Frédéric Bußmann, Börries Butenop, Ferenc Csák, Christoph Dittrich, Egmont Elschner, Jens Kieselstein, Thomas Lehmann, Lisa Lotze, Barbara Ludwig, Frank Müller, Almut Patt, Gabi Reinhardt, Miko Runkel, Micaela Schönherr, Michael Stötzer, Gerd Strohmeier, Sven Schulze, Manuela Tschök-Engelhardt, Sören Uhle, Katja Uhlemann, Frank Wagner Programme Council Robert Bilz, Ulrike Brummert, Christoph Fasbender, Katrin Franz, Anna Galda, Nancy Gibson, Hergen Gräper, Guido Günther, Samuel Harnisch, Jörg Illing, Boris Kaiser, Hanka Kliese, Mandy Knospe, Etelka Kobuß, Jan Kummer, Petra Liebetrau, Bernadette Malinowski, Tobias Möller, Chris Münster, Nicole Oeser, Anja Richter, Nadine Rothe, Sabrina Sadowska, Ronny Seifert, Daniel Tauscher, Stefan Tschök, Ines Vorsatz European Curators and Application Makers Han Bakker, Heda Bayer, Martin Bricelj Baraga, Olaf Bender, Sjoerd Bootsma, Christin Bouvier, Jennifer Brichzin, Vida Cerkvenik Bren, Adam Chmielewski, Thomas Dumke, Iñaki Rocha Echevarría, Tracy Geraghty, Birgit Glorius, Luise Grudzinski, Benjamin Gruner, Josephine Hage, Michal Hladký, Barbara Holub, Anja Jurleit, Gina Kafedjian, Dominika Kluszczyk, Franz Knoppe, Tilmann Latz, Paulina Maloy, Arnošt Marks, Florian Matzner, Jochen Mayerl, Alexander Ochs, Stefan Rusu, Pier Luigi Sacco, René Schmidt, Henrike Schmitz, Remco Schuurbiers, Jiří Sulženko, Thomas Spring, Norbert Tako, Johanna Tuukkanen, Frank Weinhold, Olof van Winden, Katarzyna Zielińska Team Chemnitz2025 Simone Becht, Katrin Bothe, Ferenc Csák, Klaas Dijkstra, Susan Endler, Beate Frech-Döring, Anna Galda, Katrin Günther, Anne Gottschalk, Eva-Maria Gräfer, Boris Kaiser, Christopher Jacob, Valentine Jerke, Ulf Kallscheidt, Franziska Kalkbrenner, Rahel Kavalir, Cynthia Kempe, Anne Kurzweg, Angela Landgraf, Eva Martínez Gámez, Steffi Mehner, Nicole Oeser, Julia Palarz, Shireen Prahm, Jan Pietschmann, Lucia Schaub, Marc Schlegel, Frank Schönfeld, Nikola Schramm, Anja Schubert, Grit Stillger, Sylvia Stölzel, Laura Thieme, Ernesto Uhlmann, Ralf Wolfermann, Jenny Zichner Editorial Team Simone Becht, Ferenc Csák, Johanna Eisner, Eva-Maria Gräfer, Valentine Jerke, Ulf Kallscheidt, Anne Kurzweg, Pia Leydolt-Fuchs, Nora Lober, Mattijs Maussen, Anja Schubert Friend’s Associations Friends of Chemnitz2025 Klub 2025
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Translation and Proofreading Ronald Dunham and Allison Moseley Artwork and Layout zebra | group GmbH, Chemnitz: Johanna Eisner, Ștefan Lucuţ, Ulrike Schell, Linda Voigt, Fabian Weißpflog, Ralf Wolfermann Illustrations Ulrike Schell Chapter Opening Pictures Bikini Kommando: Nina Kummer, Ulrike Schell, Ernesto Uhlmann Big thanks to all the people who opened and celebrated their garages for and with us, helped arrange the scenes and were being our models. Photo Credits Johanna Eisner – p. 35 Mark Frost – p. 41, The Guardian – p. 2, Dirk Hanus – p. 27, Boris Kaiser – p. 99, Richard Long (UK) – p. 50, Klub Solitaer e.V. – p.38, New York Times – p. 1, raster-media – p.32, Johannes Richter – p. 29, 42, 67, 95, 96, Kristin Schmidt– p. 67, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL) – p.36, ST raum a. Gesellschaft von Landschaftsarchitekten mbH – p. 94, KAPOK Berlin – p. 95, Michael Trammer – p. 24, James Turrell (US) – p. 47, Ernesto Uhlmann – p. 43, Linda Voigt – p. 37, 47, taken from the movie „Bandoneon“ (1981) directed by Klaus Wildenhahn Printing Druckerei Willy Gröer GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz Screen Printing: Spangeltangel, Chemnitz Binding and Manufacturing Dipl. Designer Cornelia Ahnert, Buchbinderei Heinz Meyer GmbH, Lichtenau Fabric Design and Manufacturing for the Clipboard Spine Dipl. Designer (FH) Ute Schmidt & Prof. Jörg Steinbach – Faculty of Applied Arts Schneeberg / West Saxon University of Applied Sciences of Zwickau Links www.chemnitz2025.de facebook.com/chemnitz2025khs instagram.com/chemnitz2025 twitter.com/chemnitz2025 #chemnitz2025
Special thanks to our citizens, to everyone who has supported our bid over the last four years and contributed to the production of this Bid Book and is not mentioned.