Kaltes Tal
Kaltes Tal
DE 2016

Kaltes Tal
© Florian Fischer und Johannes Krell

Kaltes Tal
© Florian Fischer und Johannes Krell

Kaltes Tal
© Florian Fischer und Johannes Krell
Oscillating between aesthetic and documentary forms, the short film Cold Valley (Kaltes Tal) describes the daily business of a strip mine harvesting lime. The material removed is processed and returned to nature through forest liming. This measure attempts to counteract acid rain that troubles the forest floor. A cycle like a Mobius strip – an irreversible consequence due to the mining materials in order to restore the fragile natural balance. Lime dust delicately dusts the forest floor. A white, spherical alternative world opens, questioning our ambivalent relationship to nature.
DE 2016, 12 min.