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Ge(ssenwiese), K(anigsberg): library for radioactive afterlife

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    Gessenwiese, Kanigsberg: library for radioactive afterlife

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"Gessenwiese and Kanigsberg form part of a landscape that has been in a process of constant change since 1946. The overburden from the mining industry created radioactive spoil heaps and lakes that are being rehabilitated by various means: plants growing on Gessenwiese accumulate contaminants from the soil. Textiles are used to slowly dry out the lakes and bind the radioactive dust. The banked mounds are returned to the earth bit by bit. These continual changes to the volumes in the landscape and their afterlife are the conceptual starting point for G(essenwiese) K(anigsberg). In recent years, Susanne Kriemann has developed a radically expanded idea of photography that investigates new systems for registering events and geological periods."-- Provided by publisher.

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    Leipzig: Spector Books, 2020

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    9783959053365

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    • "Taking into consideration the ecology of books, the eleven variable linen covers and the papers used in this publication were taken from bookbinder's and printer's leftovers"--On postcard insert.
    • "Inserted leaves collected and pressed by Susanne Kriemann from Gessenwiese and Kanigsberg 2019"--Imprint.
    • Statement of responsibility supplemented from imprint.
    • Edition of 500 copies.

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