Three initiatives in three different countries, all centred around soil and sustainability, met 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 told us about his initiative […]
This artwork and eco-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 a special kind of maize and the Three Sisters companion planting, seeds are bathing in […]
Image above: Screenshot from the network’s kick-off meeting on October 22, 2020 Humus economicus, represented by Malin Lobell and Janna Holmstedt, is exited about being part of this amazing, transdisciplinary network of artists, practitioners, researchers, and organizations who have come together to discuss the role, […]
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 why we have to urgently […]
The exhibition Sustainable Societies for the Future at Malmö Art Museum, in collaboration with EXPO Chicago, just opened, and Swedish Radio Channel 4 made an interview with artist Malin Lobell about the work Four Sisters for Planthroposcene, made in collaboration with Janna Holmstedt (in Swedish): […]
Humus economicus is an art and research initiative that 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. The project mobilizes a team of artists, environmental-, urban-, gender-, and […]
A research project at Swedish National Historical Museums. Funded by Formas, a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development