Membrane: Myths & Fictions of Soil

Exhibition Catalogue

Membrane explores soil regeneration as a fundamental process that makes Earth habitable, enabling life to emerge, persist, and renew itself. Scientific and posthumanist perspectives increasingly describe soil as a self-organising living system: a dynamic, symbiotic process rather than an inert resource. Soil embodies both life-generating growth and the vital cycles of decay and decomposition. Because of its opacity and non-human temporalities, soil invites speculations, myths, and narratives alongside scientific knowledge. Bringing together contemporary artistic practices, Membrane reveals soil as a multispecies archive and living memory, staging renewed earthly relations beyond anthropocentrism.

Artists:
Peder Bjurman (SE) Linda Boļšakova (LV) Lucrezia Costa (IT) Eglė Budvytytė (LT) Johanna Seeleman (DE) Sigrún Thorlacius (IS) Gediminas & Nomeda Urbonas (LT)

Curator is Thomas Pausz.

The exhibition is part of Reykjavík Art Festival.

Accessibility

The Nordic House has good access to most of the building’s spaces. There is a wheelchair ramp leading up to the house, and inside, an elevator goes down to the exhibition space Hvelfing.

Read more about the accessibility here.