Soils: the ground of our existence

Soils

But the relationship between human and earth is also often strained. From land depletion and overproduction to land grabbing and (labour) exploitation. How can we re-ground ourselves in our environment? And how does that help us reconnect with each other? The group exhibition Soils addresses these questions. International artists, designers, farmers and activists work towards more empathy for our soils.

Mankind and soil

Soils focuses on the human relationship with soils. A relationship that is often complicated, as nation-states we know as Australia, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico and the Netherlands show. For the artists, these names are less relevant. Rather, they seek expression based on kinship and grounded knowledge, as is done by the Wurundjeri land, the Iku peoples' guarded Chundwa (Heart of the World), the Pasar and Pamona language areas, Sinanché in Mayan Yucatán and Eindhoven in North Brabant.

Local, national and international

In Soils, local, national and international artists dig beneath the surface. Using ancestral knowledge and tangible traces of other ways of thinking, they create a web of relationships. From Diewke van den Heuvel’s photographic work of the melting Alpine glacier to Wapke Feenstra’s visualization of the changing appearance of the cow. From the Maya house as an embassy for the Mayan culture by Suumil Móokt'aan to the New Rural Agenda Temple by art collective Jatiwangi art Factory.

Participating artists

Valiana Aguilar, patricia kaersenhout & Rolando Vázquez, Soph Boobyer, The Committee for Resurrection, Peta Clancy, Megan Cope, Zena Cumpston, Wapke Feenstra, Steffie de Gaetano & Giulia Pompilj, Lian Gogali and Institut Mosintuwu, D Harding, Diewke van den Heuvel, Jatiwangi art Factory, Moelyono, Suumil Móokt'aan, Hira Nabi, Tom Nicholson, Yurni Sadariah, Dorieke Schreurs, Keg de Souza, Brooke Wandin, Pluriversity Weavers.