The post first appeared in The Leipzig Glocal. The heavily gated entrance to Freedom Park in Leipzig fails to project an air of leisurely abandon its name intimates. Approaching the territory from the north, you have to pass through a triple gate – a set of iron double doors flanked to the left and right by two archways of yellow brick masonry. With the clandestine resignation of seasoned elders, they inspect blithe visitors. I walk up to the gate on …
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Leipzig
An abandoned factory stands on a vast, scorched piece of land in the middle of Plagwitz. Its elongated, brick body is stretched out like a snake struggling to digest a hefty prey. The hollow windows, ebony scales exposing its insides. The head is a medieval gothic-style tower with horns of steeple. The structure is enveloped in graffiti. Plagwitz has been subject to its share of experimentation throughout its history. Its modernist aspirations date back to the visionary agenda of the …
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