Grounded Connections
Italy
About
Art, science and storytelling to explore soil and territory.
Grounded Connections is a six-month interdisciplinary initiative led by Caterina Capri in Fidenza, Italy, focused on the Po Valley. It combines soil science, art, storytelling, workshops, microscopy, field observations, sound, images, text, and participatory performance to make the invisible life of soil perceptible. The project responds to soil sealing, intensive agriculture, degradation, and public disconnection from soil. Its open-access visual, sound, and written outputs will support wider awareness and new community imaginaries around soil as a living system.
Project overview
Disconnection from soil in the Po Valley, where soil sealing, intensive agriculture, and degradation reduce soil health and visibility.
Co-creation and research phase with workshops and field observations; production and public engagement phase; artistic outputs; final performance; digital dissemination and open-access booklet.
Translates soil ecosystems into sensory experiences through microscopy, storytelling, sound, images, and participatory co-creation.
Caterina Capri, Emanuele Baistrocchi, Irene Trancossi, Remo De Vico
Disconnection from soil in the Po Valley, where soil sealing, intensive agriculture, and degradation reduce soil health and visibility.
Translates soil ecosystems into sensory experiences through microscopy, storytelling, sound, images, and participatory co-creation.
Co-creation and research phase with workshops and field observations; production and public engagement phase; artistic outputs; final performance; digital dissemination and open-access booklet.
Caterina Capri, Emanuele Baistrocchi, Irene Trancossi, Remo De Vico
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