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To Lützerath - with the large format camera --> experimental large-scale printing in the black-and-white and colour laboratory The village of Lützerath will soon be excavated by the energy company RWE for the lignite of the Garzweiler II open-cast mine. The local villagers have long since been relocated, and the local architecture has been decaying since 2006. In recent years, climate activists have again erected temporary huts and tree houses on site to prevent the clearance of the hamlet. If politicians want to keep to the 1.5 degree target of the Paris Climate Agreement, the lignite under Lützerath would have to stay in the ground. If RWE has its way, the village is to be demolished this autumn - whether this can be prevented, as it was when the Hambach Forest was saved, is uncertain. The village, which is located directly on the demolition edge of the Garzweiler II open-cast mine, is now full of improvised architecture, tree houses and sporadic huts. In a joint excursion to the controversial village, we want to approach these architectures on site together with large format cameras in a documentary and artistic way. Working with the large format camera requires patience, time and learning large format camera techniques (panning, shifting, Scheimpflug's rule), which we will practice and try out on site. The aim is to learn the basics of using a large format camera, as well as the subsequent developing and large format printing in the black and white and colour lab. After the excursion, the black and white negatives will be developed together and the pictures will be printed in large format. Among other things, the seminar will experiment with expired photographic paper. The project will end with a joint exhibition of the photographs and a publication. The participants will travel to Lützerath individually and stay overnight in a tent. Max. 10 participants Registration: until 28.09 18:00 hrs Contact: ekeimeyer@hfg-karlsruhe.de / Roland Solich Dates: 29.09. 12:00-19:00 Excursion preparation in the photo studio 30.09. 10:00-14:00 Excursion preparation in the photo studio 09.10-15.10 Excursion to Lützerath (Erkelenz) ............ ............