We present to you: soil. Soil is neither invisible nor quiet, as it might erroneously seem, and the plants and animals connected with it are excellent narrators of what’s going on in the depths hidden from human eyes.

Through the invited artists’ varied approaches to issues involving soil, the exhibition studies the intertwined presence and histories of inorganic particles and soil organisms and the plants and animals connected with them, including humans.

Soil has a complex form: it is a material, a source of both life and property, and is capable of influencing global warming – so it’s no surprise that the art world has given its regeneration so much attention. Let’s imagine soil!

Artists: Marie Boková, Centrala (Małgorzata Kuciewicz & Simone De Iacobis), Julia Ciunowicz, Polina Davydenko, Dva ospalí vlci (Two Sleepy Wolves), Yoeri Guépin, Ingela Ihrman, Yana Kononova, Dávid Koronczi, Denisa Langrová, Judita Levitnerová & Kateřina Žák Konvalinová, Barbora Lungová & Lenka Škutová & local flower growers, Krzysztof Maniak, Deirdre O’Mahony, Julia Ábalos Reznak, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Alex Sihelsk*, Sounding Soil, Rosario Talevi, Salka Tiziana, Ana Vaz, Ewelina Węgiel, Zabriskie Buchladen für Kultur und Natur, Kryštof Zvolánek

Curators: Marianna Dobkowska & Edith Jeřábková

Main partners

Co-organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.

With financial support from

In cooperation with

Thanks for the materials

art re use, Tkalcovna Kubák

Media partners

Artalk, Magazín Patriot

Special thanks to

ARTTEX klub textilných výtvarníkov, Film United, BALSHOP, Czech Centre Warsaw, Ferona, a.s., JAF HOLZ spol. s r.o., Optoma Europe Ltd