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- Spatial Relations of Chemicals, Water and Boars: © https://hannah-schoenicke.com | All Rights Reserved
- Soil Discolouration – Schachtgraben Wolfen 2025: © https://hannah-schoenicke.com | All Rights Reserved
- Foaming Discharge of sewage treatment plant – Schachtgraben Wolfen 2025: © https://hannah-schoenicke.com | All Rights Reserved
- Desires for Sustenance Intertwine in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Collage by Hannah Schönicke, 2025. Based on a photograph by MDSE Mitteldeutsche Sanierungs- und Entsorgungsgesellschaft mbH. Used with permission.: © https://hannah-schoenicke.com | All Rights Reserved
In 2024 a research project was launched on the theme of post-industrial landscapes in the town of Bitterfeld-Wolfen as part of the Bauhaus Study Rooms, which ultimately resulted in an article for the platform Atlas do Chão.
‘Atlas do Chão – Ground Atlas’ is an online platform that maps locations around the world that have a special relationship with the ground.
The chemical legacy in the groundwater and river sediments of Bitterfeld-Wolfen, as well as its infrastructural consequences, are the subject of the article, which was published in November 2025. In it, we trace the history of a specific chemical produced at the Bitterfeld-Wolfen chemical park – lindane – and how this substance continues to affect the area around the town to this day, for example in the form of chemically contaminated wild boars.
A collaboration with:
Carlos Jawaad Issoop (co-author)
Lili Carr (editor and project lead)