Zwartberg, sixty years later
4 October 2026. Sixty years ago, the Zwartberg coal mine closed. Today, part of the same site is home to LABIOMISTA, where artist Koen Vanmechelen, in collaboration with the City of Genk, brings art, nature, animals and people together. Between these two moments lies a history of profound change. The mine became a zoo, the zoo disappeared, and the site found a new purpose. What remained was the place itself, and everything that had unfolded there over time.
