Mühlberg, a small town on the Elbe in south-western Brandenburg, embodies a profound history of continuity and change. Its architecture, which is marked by several distinctive residential structures from the 18th and 19th centuries as well as a historic monastery and castle, is a tangible testimony to its past. Yet, the surrounding landscape is also characterized by gravel pits, flooded open-cast mining lakes, wind turbines and solar fields. The town thus symbolizes a complex, often paradoxical transformation process in which the discrete and simultaneous changes to structural and environmental paradigms reflect a broader dialogue between preservation and progress, tradition and innovation.
Mühlberg, a small town on the Elbe in south-western Brandenburg, embodies a profound history of continuity and change. Its architecture, which is marked by several distinctive residential structures from the 18th and 19th centuries as well as a historic monastery and castle, is a tangible testimony to its past. Yet, the surrounding landscape is also characterized by gravel pits, flooded open-cast mining lakes, wind turbines and solar fields. The town thus symbolizes a complex, often paradoxical transformation process in which the discrete and simultaneous changes to structural and environmental paradigms reflect a broader dialogue between preservation and progress, tradition and innovation.
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In 2020, car manufacturer Tesla began building a 'Gigafactory' in the Freienbrink district of Grünheide, a municipality in Brandenburg just outside Berlin. The first vehicles were produced there in early 2022.
GIGALAND documents the construction phase of one of Germany's largest electric car factories. It captures the transformative processes of a landscape through an industrial plant that was established despite numerous environmental concerns related to land use, deforestation and water consumption.