BERGBAU & LANDSCHAFTSWANDEL

An experimental short film from the Lusatian lignite mining region. Set to a backdrop of a blood-red sky, helicopter footage opens up unexpected perspectives on coal-fired power plants. Immersion in the puffy clouds rising from the smoking chimneys almost drowns out the ominous cries of the sirens. #short #eco #landscape

Two sound artists play and listen into the Garzweiler surface mine as a form of self-experiment. The camera observes the conflict from the ground. #short #eco #landscape

The former Cottbus-Nord brown open-pit lignite mine has been flooded with water from the Spree. A superlative transformation of the local landscape is underway. Five dry years had started to raise doubts about the viability of the project; now however the Cottbus Ostsee is home to a self-contained expanse of water for the first time. Thus begins the struggle over the use of what, in future, is to ...