Fate of metal.
Fate of plastic.
Fate of soil.
Laurie Lax & Lucila Mayol
risograph printed
staple bind
150 x 200 mm
58 pages
edition of 150
2024
180 NOK / 17 EUR
Archaeological Fiction: Lichtenberg is the second project under the title Archaeological Fiction. AF brings together our combined interests in
field recording, drawing, coding, research, and oral history. We are both operating in the field of writing as an artistic practice, excited by the possibilities that digital technology allows for this. We explore the layers
in time that build a collective perception of a place, asking ourselves:
How does the land shape the people and how do people shape the land?
Lichtenberg is a large borough in the east of Berlin. It has many trains, especially in the South, where the tracks create an island called Victoriastadt. Lichtenberg Studios is inside the island, on the upper floor of a Wilhelmian building, which sits on top of a museum. The bedroom is inside the studio. From its windows they could see three tracks that lie beyond the tiny garden, separated only by a thin corrugated wall. Inside the train were anonymous passengers unknowingly observed by the two artists stationed at the two windows.
Lichtenberg is a large borough in the east of Berlin. It has many trains, especially in the South, where the tracks create an island called Victoriastadt. Lichtenberg Studios is inside the island, on the upper floor of a Wilhelmian building, which sits on top of a museum. The bedroom is inside the studio. From its windows they could see three tracks that lie beyond the tiny garden, separated only by a thin corrugated wall. Inside the train were anonymous passengers unknowingly observed by the two artists stationed at the two windows.
