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“F60″ is a conveyor bridge which is 502 metres long, 202 metres wide, 80 metres high and 11,000 ton heavy. Located in the Elbe-Elster county south of Lichterfeld, Germany, this bridge-type conveyor was commissioned in March 1991 after 3 years of construction work. Up to 1000 people took part in the erection of the bridge. After only 13 months, the F60 bridge was taken out of operation in 1992 for energy-political reasons. The opencast mine Klettwitz-Nord, where the conveyor bridge was operating, was closed. Thanks to some enthusiasts led by representatives of the community of Lichterfeld and the landscape designer Elke Löwe this bridge could escape its fate. They recognized the potential of the bridge which links both old and new. The bridge is not only a symbol for the industrial history of the region but also a sign of a structural change. The F60 bridge is one of the world’s largest movable machines, but due to its operation costs it is now a stationary machine converted into a visitors attraction.

This series of F60 captions studies will be transferred into negative images using graphite over canvas.