At the top of the show I'm presenting a series of recordings by the German artists Franziska Klose: www.franziskaklose.de
Some of these are unreleased and some are released on the small run tape called "Bitterfield"
These Bitterfield recordings have a great accompanying text:
„I obviously have mixed feelings. If you knew Bitterfeld’s old days, with its smokestacks and incessant bustle, you’re amazed at how quiet it’s now, with all the cleared-away spaces.“ (Quoted from: Bittner, Regina: Kolonien des Eigensinns. Ethnographie einer ostdeutschen Industrieregion (Colonies of frowardness. Ethnograph of an East German industrial region), Edition Bauhaus; Vol. 3, Frankfurt/Main; New York: Campus, 1998, p. 14)
Bitterfeld is a small East German town that became the center of Germany’s chlorine industry after a surge of industrialization that started in 1900. Crammed between chemical plants and brown coal pits, the town kept on growing and had its heydays during World War I and II.
1989 up to 36,000 people worked here. With the fall of the Berlin wall and the GDR’s demise in 1990, both of these industries came to an almost sudden end. Declared an ecological disaster area, Bitterfeld experienced a radical transition towards a postindustrial society.
Today, between open spaces and redeveloped landfills, so-called ‘transparent’ plants and containers make products like quartz glass for fibre optics and Aspirin for the entire European market. The ChemiePark streets are named after former products and innovations.
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listener james from westwood:
gloomsday:
listener james from westwood:
Jesse Kaminsky:
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Jesse Kaminsky:
Some of these are unreleased and some are released on the small run tape called "Bitterfield"
Jesse Kaminsky:
gloomsday:
geezerette:
Gloomsday, beat me to the punch!
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gloomsday:
geezerette:
Jesse Kaminsky:
„I obviously have mixed feelings. If you knew Bitterfeld’s old days, with its smokestacks and incessant bustle, you’re amazed at how quiet it’s now, with all the cleared-away spaces.“ (Quoted from: Bittner, Regina: Kolonien des Eigensinns. Ethnographie einer ostdeutschen Industrieregion (Colonies of frowardness. Ethnograph of an East German industrial region), Edition Bauhaus; Vol. 3, Frankfurt/Main; New York: Campus, 1998, p. 14)
Bitterfeld is a small East German town that became the center of Germany’s chlorine industry after a surge of industrialization that started in 1900. Crammed between chemical plants and brown coal pits, the town kept on growing and had its heydays during World War I and II.
1989 up to 36,000 people worked here. With the fall of the Berlin wall and the GDR’s demise in 1990, both of these industries came to an almost sudden end. Declared an ecological disaster area, Bitterfeld experienced a radical transition towards a postindustrial society.
Today, between open spaces and redeveloped landfills, so-called ‘transparent’ plants and containers make products like quartz glass for fibre optics and Aspirin for the entire European market. The ChemiePark streets are named after former products and innovations.
www.franziskaklose.de...
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Howdy northguineahills, recommend you close everything down at your leisure!
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