What traces of geological, political and social change can be found beneath the city? In 2024, the Netherlands and Flanders will be the joint hosts of the Leipzig Book Fair. On this occasion, the GfZK will realise a site-specific collaboration with the artist Lara Almarcegui, based in Rotterdam.
In this public talk, Almarcegui will present her work. Since the mid-1990s, a time of construction boom and extensive urban renewal in Europe, Almarcegui has engaged with processes of urban transformation. She is particularly interested in conditions that are not usually the focus of attention, such as wastelands. In Leipzig she will explore a building site, turning it into a place where the geological past and the historical transformation of the city can be reflected upon. For the presentation in the exhibition space (13 September 2024 to 12 January 2025), Almarcegui will document and expand her onsite research.
Guest:
Lara Almarcegui, Künstlerin
Dr. habil. Frank W. Junge, Freier Berater Geowissenschaften
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lentz, Direktor und Vorstand Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde (IfL)
Sponsored by the Mondriaan Fund and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Berlin, on the occasion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ guest appearance at the Leipzig Book Fair 2024.