With the exhibition well told stories, the sculptors Anna Lorenzana (*1990) and Simon Filippi (*1993) present new artistic works that have emerged from joint research into the history of Dresden’s fountains from the 16th century to the present day. The exhibition focuses on three selected fountains in Dresden and the surrounding Saxon countryside as places of encounter, faith and community: the Queck Fountain, once a place of pilgrimage; the basalt fountain at Stolpen Castle, a major engineering project of the 17th century; and the Kracht Fountains on Neustädter Markt.

Meeting place, scene of the crime, place of pilgrimage: Fountains and their stories
Talk at the exhibition: Friday 4 December 2026, at 6.00 pm with
- Prof. Thomas Kübler / Head of the Dresden City Archives,
- Dr Stefan Dornheim / Dresden City Archives,
- Antje Kirsch / Freie Akademie Kunst + Bau e.V.,
- Anna Lorenzana and Simon Filippi,
Moderator: Lena Horn / Dresden Academy of Fine Arts

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Simon Filippi works with sculpture, drawing, kinetic objects and site-specific installations which, through a deliberate choice of materials – ranging from latex and soap to concrete and steel – create an intense physical experience. The focus is on the perception of bodies in a technologised world, in which organic forms and technical installations appear both alien and familiar. His works have been exhibited at venues including Pinky-Projects Dresden, the Art Collections of Ruhr University Bochum and Projektraum Mars in Frankfurt am Main; in 2024, he was awarded the Gerd Jaeger Scholarship.

Anna Lorenzana explores the tension between memory, digital technologies and material transformation, drawing on archives, research data, image databases and social events. In her works, she deliberately amplifies contradictions between sources and materialities in order to raise questions and stimulate discourse. Her works have been exhibited at venues including the Chemnitz Art Collections, the Austrian Sculpture Park in Graz and the University of Alberta Gallery; in 2025, the work *Times New Roman* was acquired by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony.

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The exhibition is supported by the Office for Culture and Monument Protection of the State Capital of Dresden, the Liebelt Foundation in Hamburg and the patrons of the Friends of the Ursula Walter Gallery e.V. A collaboration with the Dresden City Archives.