2016 | Germany | Documentary,Experimental

Kaltes Tal

  • 12 mins
  • Director | Johannes Krell, Florian Fischer
  • Writer | Johannes Krell, Florian Fischer
  • Producer | Stephan Helmut Beier, Ray Peter Maletzki

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Oscillating between aesthetic and documentary forms, 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.

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