I stopped at Leipzig again on my way back to Berlin today. I decided to visit the
Spinnerei just outside the city centre of Leipzig. The site was a cotton-spinning factory complex from the 19th century, which has turned into an artist colony along with a cluster of galleries in recent years. Many of its buildings are still in varying derelict states:
Showing at
Werkschau as part of the group exhibition
Viaggio In Italia: Italienische Reise 2010-2012 is a projection/photographic installation by
Valerio Figuccio and
Michael Petri titled
Carte Blanche, which fits the architecture of the Spinnerei perfectly:
