›Shifting Grounds – IN COMMON‹
PACT & SPR July 3-5 2026
A three day festival on the slag heap of the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex. Between the vast sky, barren soil, and wild vegetation, a program of performances, sound works, workshops, encounters, and collaborative events took shape.
The slag heap is an artificial landscape, piled up from mining waste. A unique form of industrial nature has taken root on its nutrient-poor soil – robust, resilient, and surprisingly diverse. Paths, clearings, and visual connections transform the site into a space for experience where questions of community, responsibility, and the future take on new meaning.
›Shifting Grounds – IN COMMON‹ explores practices and ideas of the common: How can spaces be shared, relationships perceived, and forms of attention toward one another and the environment tested? The festival invites you to explore these questions through walking, listening, lingering, and coming together.
With Clarisse Akouala, Orli Yomi, Nadzeya Karakulka, Jan St. Werner & Michael Akstaller, BRACHE, Sound Practice Reserach Kollektiv, local dancing, Deva Schubert, Hood Cuisine, Flintasy, Lea Ehrenboth und Radouan Mriziga / A7LA5
https://www.pact-zollverein.de/en/calendar/shifting-grounds-2026
Photos: Dirk Rose, Anton Vichrov
