{"product_id":"hey-monte-schlacko-dear-schlagorg","title":"Hey Monte Schlacko, Dear Schlagorg","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1842\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1512\"\u003eHey Monte Schlacko, dear Slagorg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Susanne Kriemann explores the intersection of nature, industrial history, and architecture. The book is rooted in photographs taken on “Monte Schlacko” – a former slag heap in Siegen, now a nature reserve. Mosses, lichens, and pioneer plants growing on industrial residue form the botanical and metallurgical core of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1844\" data-end=\"2178\"\u003eThese images connect to a large-scale installation on the façade of the former Galeria Karstadt department store, where layered prints on textiles and paper echoed geological strata. The architectural surface becomes a site of sedimentation – where concrete, slag, and images overlap, evoking the Anthropocene as a living environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2180\" data-end=\"2478\"\u003eArchival floral photographs from the 1930s and recent film footage from Kharkiv expand the narrative: plants as living archives, survivors, witnesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2180\" data-end=\"2478\"\u003eThe term\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2342\" data-end=\"2351\"\u003eSlagorg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– combining “slag” and “organism” – symbolizes life emerging at the boundary between nature, industry, and human intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Limestone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56327347536252,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/4119\/8402\/files\/untitled-2026-02-07T133427.082.png?v=1770467679","url":"https:\/\/limestonebooks.org\/products\/hey-monte-schlacko-dear-schlagorg","provider":"Limestone Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}