10 bis 20 Halden

10 bis 20 Halden [10 to 20 Heaps] documents the spoil heaps of the former copper shale mining industry in the Mansfeld region. From this unfolds a cinematic, associative exploration that interweaves landscape, history, myth, and identity. The starting point is a set of narratives concerned with the ground itself: medieval origin legends, literary references, and contemporary parallels to other mining regions. Between documentary observation and experimental strategies, the work opens up questions of ownership, community, and belonging. The heaps appear not only as geological remnants but as cultural landmarks where soil, memory, and resource conflicts intersect. In this way, the East German mining region becomes a space for reflection and projection—on our relationship to landscape and the ongoing entanglement of past, present, and global crises.