Opening 23 August
Exhibition 23 August - 27 October
Open Every Friday to Monday 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Free admission
For several years, Dr. Masharu and Platform DIS have been exploring ways for people to reconnect with soil—and with life itself. Clublokaal invites them to actively share their respective practices: Compost as Superfood (Dr. Masharu) and FRUITING BODIES, a network of art residencies on regenerative farms initiated by Platform DIS (Helen Weeres & Ibo Ibelings).
Programm
2:30 PM masharu workshop
4:00 PM break
4:15 PM platform DIS workshop
5:45 PM exhibition opening and drinks
masharu is an Amsterdam based earth eater, earth lover and founder of the Museum of Edible Earth; a traveling and online archive of over 500 soil and earth-like samples from around 40 countries. Their projects combine scientific research with personal and cultural practices. Through participatory installations, – including the recent ‘Compost as Superfood’ project – workshops, and performances they invite audiences not just to contemplate earth, but to taste, crunch, and engage with it, fostering unique sensory encounters.
Museum of Edible Earth
The Museum of Edible Earth brings together a collection of edible soils from across the globe. The museum invites the audience to review their knowledge about food and cultural traditions using creative thinking. It addresses the following questions: What stands behind the earth-eating tradition? Where does the edible earth come from? What are the possible benefits and dangers of eating earth? How do the material properties of earth affect its flavor? Its goal is to constitute an extensive collection of soils suggested for oral use from most countries possible and, through their different cultural uses and histories, with the help of cross-disciplinary partnerships, workshops, and collaborations, redesigning and reconsidering the earth.
Compost as Superfood
Compost as Superfood is another project of Dr. masharu and it is a food design project which would explore the possibility of production of humxn-made soils with the primary purpose of eating them. The natural soil from, for example a deciduous forest, will hold imprints of thousands of years of species interaction, it will have formed through the years of decomposition with the help of insects, worms, and other micro living systems. The humxn-made soil holds different components, and could be considered a safer way to ingest earth, due to the considered lack in microplastics and heavy metals that may have contaminated non humxn-made samples. The act of making compost plays into the engagement with creating soil, soil that is documented to be sufficient in nutrients and minerals.
Platform DIS is a Nijmegen‑based interdisciplinary artistic research platform that brings artists, scientists, policymakers, educators, and others together around critical ecological questions.
Helen (they/them) has a background in poetry, Literary & Cultural Analysis, and Gender & Sexuality Studies. They work in (research) arts, collaborating with regenerative farmers, scientists, and artists. Poetry is the common thread in Helen's work, which often focuses on the relationships between people and soil.
Ibo is a creative programmer, teacher, and workshop host with a background in interactive design. He develops digital tools and websites, often in collaboration with artists, cultural organizations, and sustainable initiatives.
FRUITING BODIES
The ongoing FRUITING BODIES project focuses on developing a residency network for artists on regenerative farms. Through these residencies, Platform DIS supports site-based research and art practices between farmers, artists, and more-than-human life.
Regenerative farmers are masters of staying with the trouble – yet a farmer alone cannot re:build a culture. They need storytellers and new imaginations. Artists will be facilitated to collaborate with scientists, lived experts and policy-makers to fuel and challenge their creative processes. In these interdisciplinary encounters, all participants are challenged to engage with regeneration In this way, the transition to a regenerative culture is facilitated while challenging artists to create holistically – for ecology ought to not merely be the driving force of our creative concepts, but also of our methods, materials and ways of sharing our work.
