Zeitgenössische künstlerische Positionen in der Ausstellung „Weißes Wüstengold“

In the organizer's words:

Film screening and discussion with Robert Krieg

The film is a documentary journey through northern Chile in the footsteps of the author's ancestors, the Hamburg merchants H.C. Fölsch and H.B. Sloman. Around the turn of the last century, Chilean saltpetre was the most important raw material for the production of explosives and fertilizers. Business was unusually successful and H. B. Sloman had the Chile House built with the income from the saltpetre trade. Germany's emerging agricultural industry became the most important buyer of Chile saltpetre in Europe. The port of Hamburg in particular prospered as a result. Nitrate from Chile was both "white gold" and "the salt of the desert": lasting wealth for some, a story of exploitation for others.

With the kind support of the Friends of MARKK e. V.

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Museum admission