LOV 2025 inspires 86,000 visitors in Chemnitz
The Light our Vision Festival of Light Art illuminated Chemnitz for four nights last week, not only lighting up the city, but also sparking some important conversations. From 24 to 27 September 2025, around 86,000 visitors flocked to the city centre to experience the ten installations along the festival route that ran from the Roter Turm to the University Library.
The Marienplatz square behind the “Parteifalte” office complex once again took centre stage. Here, the Chronoportale – light installations created with the help of AI – drew on local people’s ideas and visions for urban development. The works visualised how this central space could be designed and utilised in the future. Many guests took the artistic installations as a jumping-off point to discuss the ongoing development of the city centre.
Despite the rainy weather, a laid-back, festival atmosphere prevailed each evening. The expansive event space allowed visitors to move around freely, without crowding, and enjoy the installations at their leisure.
Lotte Claudia Fischer, one of the initiators and Chair of Baukultur für Chemnitz e.V., the association that organises the event, draws a thoroughly positive conclusion:
“We are delighted that the visitors were taken with our ideas and once again showed such great interest in Light our Vision. By putting ideas and visions for future urban planning centre stage, we were able to spark some exciting discussions.”
Co-initiator Linda Hüttner, Deputy Chair of Baukultur für Chemnitz e. V., also emphasises the festival’s impact:
“Urban development primarily affects people.
Light our Vision has succeeded in bringing these topics to the forefront of their minds with levity, ambition and sincerity, showing them that their opinion matters.”
Whether and how the Festival will be continued in the future depends largely on financial support from sponsors and donations. The initiators would like to thank all the partners whose generosity has made it possible for Chemnitz to shine in 2025.
For further information, please see the full press release, attached in PDF format below.
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About Baukultur für Chemnitz e. V.
Founded in March 2022 by members of the Saxony Chamber of Architects and people who share its vision, the association is the key organiser behind the “Light our Vision” Festival of Light Art. Chaired by Lotte Claudia Fischer, it aims to implement projects and ideas, including those developed by the working groups of the Saxony Chamber of Architects, in Chemnitz using donations and public funds. Further information at www.baukultur-chemnitz.de
About the Architektenkammer Sachsen (Saxony Chamber of Architects)
The Saxony Chamber of Architects (AKS) is a chamber of liberal professions, a public corporation, professional association and self-administration body for over 3,200 architects, interior designers, landscape architects and urban planners in Saxony.
Its primary task is to cultivate, promote and effectively support the building industry, in particular the built environment, architecture, urban planning and landscape design sectors. In July 2021, a new “Chemnitz – Capital of Culture 2025” working group was formed under the Saxony Chamber of Architects umbrella, focusing on the impact of Chemnitz being named the European Capital of Culture. A small team of architects from Chemnitz, led by Lotte Claudia Fischer, is collecting ideas and planning exciting projects for the city’s year as the European Capital of Culture in 2025. The “Light our Vision” Chemnitz Festival of Light Art is one of them. Further information at www.aksachsen.org and www.lightourvision.de