Ge(ssenwiese), K(anigsberg) Design the idea of a postcard

the idea of a postcard

Evolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River

Land is a story about the place and people belonging to it

Edited by J

There are no shops but only warehouses

Ge(ssenwiese), K(anigsberg) Design the idea of a postcardGessenwiese 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