LARA ALMARCEGUI - AKTUELL: Exhibition from May 23, 2025 at Moritzburg (Halle/Saale)
LARA ALMARCEGUI at RBFK e.V. in Mansfelder Land
In December 2024, Spanish-born artist Lara Almarcegui, who lives in the Netherlands, visited the traditional Mansfeld region with its numerous legacies of copper mining and smelting operations.
In her projects, the artist addresses the social transformation processes in building, housing and urban development as a result of political, social and economic changes.
Since the mid-1990s, she has focused her attention on urban and anthropogenic conditions that are not usually the primary focus of social and human perceptions.
Lara Almarcegui often works in outdoor spaces in her projects and collects and bundles historical, geographical, ecological and industrial facts about derelict land and anthropogenic deposits and makes them available to the public.
Copper slag heaps at the Krughütte industrial ruins in Eisleben.
UPDATED in June 2025
Contributions by Lara Almarcegui at the exhibition "Planetary Farmers" from 23.05.-14.09.2025 in the Moritzburg in Halle/Saale
The exhibition “Planetary Peasants” is dedicated to the global and local dimensions of soil, land use and agriculture in the context of social and ecological transformation processes. Spanish artist Lara Almarcegui questions fundamental questions: What is soil, what lies beneath it and who owns the rights to use it? For “Planetary Farmers”, Lara worked closely with the Regional Society for Education, Research and Skills Development (RBFK) to determine the total volume of all industrial mining dumps in Germany. She poses the speculative question of the extent to which these volumes of mining residue could be used as new 'Almende' — communally used resources — for agriculture. This interdisciplinary collaboration combines artistic reflection with geoscientific expertise and opens up new perspectives on sustainable land use in the age of global environmental change.
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July 5, 2025- PR artist talk Artist talk with Lara Almarcegui for the exhibition "Planetary Farmers" Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale)
As part of the "Planetary Peasants" exhibition at the Moritzburg Art Museum in Halle (Saale), which features 30 artistic exhibits to mark the 500th anniversary of the Great German Peasants' War, the theme day "Who owns land and soil?" took place on July 5, 2025 with an exhibition, performance and live music at the Saline Museum. The evening was dedicated to the relationship between land, ownership and colonial structures - with international guests from the worlds of art, science and music. The varied program also included a 45-minute artist talk with Lara Almarcegui in conversation with Andreas Kamradt on the current wall text "Die Halden in Deutschland" (The slag heaps in Germany), which can be seen on an 18-metre-long wall in the exhibition until 14.09.25. https://werkleitz.de/talks-performance-live-musik-who-owns-soil-and-land
Auditorium follows the artist talk by Lara Almarcegui and Andreas Kamradt in the exhibition building of the Salinemuseum in Halle. (Photo: Michel Klehm)
Lara Almarcegui and Andreas Kamradt discuss the ownership and reuse options for mining dumps in Germany. (Photo: Michel Klehm)
Lara Almarcegui and Andreas Kamradt answer questions from the audience. (Photo: Michel Klehm)