#49 Between Us and Nature – A Reading Club
Life of Soils
Wednesday 22nd of May 2024 18:30–20:30
Have you been into composting lately? Making soil definitely is a good idea. We also ask what soil is. Soil is home to 90% of the world's fungi, 85% of plants and more than 50% of bacteria - and 59% of life overall, a recent study says. Let’s look closer at soil organisms through the art and science practice of a microbiologist, who brings the tiniest soil world to light.
Between Us and Nature is an ongoing reading club that chooses texts related to natural sciences, art, anthropology, postcolonialism and the (post)anthropocene from a eco-feminist perspective. Attendees read passages together out loud, and share experiences and thoughts about the nature they live in. Looking beyond disciplines, the group creates a space to learn from and with bacteria, algae, fungi, soil and multinaturalist narratives.
Come and join us with an open mind:
How: RSVP is mandatory: betweenusnature@gmail.com
What: The Reading Club is in English language
When: Wednesday 22nd of May, 2024 at 18:30 (sharp)
Where: Zabriskie, Reichenberger Str. 150, 10999 Berlin
Hosts: Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, artist, and Sina Ribak, researcher for ecologies and the arts
In collaboration with Zabriskie Buchladen für Kultur und Natur
References:
Exploring the Invisible - The Exemplary Life of Soil, by Simon Park in Field to Palette Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene, CRC Press, 2019, Alexandra Toland, Jay Stratton Noller, Gerd Wessolek (eds.)
