The 2025 ecoartspace publication is designed as a practical guide for curators, scientists, students, policy makers and community organizers interested in aesthetic approaches to soil care.
"…human beings are not in a separate compost pile. We are humus, not Homo, not anthropos; we are compost, not posthuman." Donna Haraway
Haraway’s clarion call to reimagine human‘ as humus‘ reflects a recent ‘soils turn’ in the social sciences and humanities, and is a provocation for mainstream soil knowledge that empowers humans to reconnect with soils. Heeding this call, Soils Turn is the 2025 ecoartspace printed book, to be realized as a directory of artists, designers, architects, and other creatives engaging with soil materials and soil protection issues. Under pressures of climate change, food sovereignty, pollution, and biodiversity loss, care of soils is urgently needed and must be addressed from multiple perspectives. Soils Turn is a practical guide for curators, scientists, students, policy makers and community organizers to connect with aesthetic earthly engagements.
Co-Editors
Alexandra R. Toland is assistant professor for arts and research at the Bauhaus University Weimar, where she directs the Ph.D. programme in art and design.
Patricia L. Watts is founder and curator of ecoartspace. She organizes the annual exhibitions and is publisher of six ecoartspace publications since 2020.
