In the Saarland, the mine canteens are called Kaffeeküche – literally Coffee Kitchen. They are a tiled mixture of canteen, pub, newsstand and corner shop, selling washing detergent and canned sausage among other things. After…
Ruhr Residence 2017
Legitimate Territory
At the Middle East Centre of the ‚London School of Economics’ Dr. Zeynep Kaya and I discussed the emergence of (kurdish) nationalism and the interrelation of liberal democratic notions to ethnic nationalist claims. ‚the meaning…
Life and death at Lake Palcacocha: Environmental uncertainty in the Peruvian Andes // Part I
Text by Noah Walker Crawford Images by Alexander Luna –-– A dark cloud hangs over Lake Palcacocha. At 4500 m above sea level in the Peruvian Andes, the nights are full of biting winds. Jesús…
Uncanny valley
In aesthetics, the uncanny valley is a hypothesized relationship between the degree of an object’s resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to such an object. The concept of the uncanny valley suggests…
October 7th – Austvågøya
It is verticals, horizontals and bridges around here. The borders between the masses of sky/air, land/stone and sea/water dominate Austvågøya. A very thin strip between them is where humans can live on. Sharp silhouettes of…
Rietveld und Ente
Saint-Martin d’Oydes. Auf der Ruine des alten Bauernhofs hat Rüdiger sich ein Haus gebaut. Aus Lehm, Stroh und dem Dachstuhl einer Schule in Mönchengladbach. Nachdem er bereits aus Garzweiler wegen des Braunkohleabbaus umgesiedelt worden war,…
The world’s highest headframe
Around the Göttelborner Feld, coal mining can be traced back to the 15th century, with the Göttelborn Pit being one of the most important mines in the Saarland. In 2000, after more than one hundred…
