Sophia Kesting, Dana Lorenz - Asphalt, Steine, Scherben (Asphalt, Stones, Shards)

For twelve years, Sophia Kesting and Dana Lorenz have explored Leipzig's Peaceful Revolution Square (Platz der friedlichen Revolution) and its transformation through photography. Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz reflects ongoing debates on preserving GDR architecture amid societal and economic interests. Their project, Asphalt, Stones, Shards, features 1,500 medium-format black-and-white photographs that document political and urban changes. Stark flash-lit night shots contrast with fragmented daytime scenes, blending real events and staged reenactments. Eschewing narrative, the images create a visual dialogue. Drawing on childhood memories of 1989/90's upheaval, the artists incorporate biographical text fragments. Their photo book encapsulates the site's unfulfilled transformation, emphasizing stasis through repeated motifs as a reflective documentary space.