During two intense and inspiring days, Karin Wegsjö, Janna Holmstedt, and Malin Lobell in the art- and research collective (P)Art of the Biomass, visited urban farms, community gardens, and other soil related initiatives to meet with soil stewards in the […]
10-11 March, 2021 We love field work. We love hot coffee and crisp early Spring days, and to be on the move through landscapes, soundscapes, cityscapes – in conversation with the site and each other. The terrain informs the conversation […]
Three initiatives in three different countries, all centred around soil and sustainability, meet for a joint seminar to share, care and join forces. The Humus economicus research team had the great privilege to meet Teemu Lehmusruusu and Danielle Wild. Teemu […]
This artwork and social sculpture celebrates reciprocal human-plant-soil relations through an installation and a growing site at Malmö Art Museum, Sweden. In an indoor film and sound installation, focusing on maize and the Three Sisters companion planting, seeds are bathing […]
The four-year art and research project Humus economicus, funded by Formas, a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, started in January 2021. This article in Magazine Extrakt gives a glimpse of what will happen, and project leader Janna Holmstedt describes […]
Humus economicus is an art and research initiative that seeks to counteract soil blindness, and investigate the future and value of soil in urbanised landscapes. It is initiated by artist and environmental humanities researcher Janna Holmstedt, National Historical Museums, Sweden. […]
Funded by Formas, a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development