Ambassadors of Coal Forest artistic research project is an exploration of ancient coal forest revealed through the mining. In project, artists Grit Ruhland and Mari Keski-Korsu facilitate a walk to dialogue with Zwenkauer See, an old lignite mining pit to collect matters and relations for a sauna ceremony that take place the following day in Glassfabriken sauna In Leipzig.

Saturday, 9th November 2024
Excursion to Lake Zwenkau
Meeting point: Plagwitz station at 11:00 sharp (train leaves at 11:04 and the group cannot wait if you are late).
Until 15/16:00
Sunday, 10th November 2024
Guided ‘Coal Forest Sauna Ceremony’
Glassfabriken, Franz-Flemming-Straße 25, 04179 Leipzig
Ceremony at 12:00 – 14:30, sauna open until 20:00

The research is kindly supported by a grant from the Finnland-Institut.