Subterranean Reverberations and the Horror of the Chemical Sublime
This article examines how the faint, persistent hum of groundwater pumps exposes the limits of industrial clean-up. Focused on efforts to manage groundwater contaminated by a century of coal-based chemical industrialization in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, it draws on sonic methods and the concept of transm...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Lagoonscapes |
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| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2025/01/005 |
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| Summary: | This article examines how the faint, persistent hum of groundwater pumps exposes the limits of industrial clean-up. Focused on efforts to manage groundwater contaminated by a century of coal-based chemical industrialization in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, it draws on sonic methods and the concept of transmediation to explore how sound and water unsettle the illusion of containment. Attuning to these peripheral vibrations offers a way of sensing pollution as ongoing, relational, and irreducible – within what the paper frames as a toxic common.
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| ISSN: | 2785-2709 |