Terroir That Travels
Portugal, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland
About
Soil literacy across climate, culture, agroecology, and food.
Terroir That Travels is a nine-month art-science and storytelling initiative led by Genomic Gastronomy across Portugal, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, and Poland. It explores how climate change, soil conditions, and land-use shifts affect agricultural products, food traditions, and the cultural meaning of terroir. The project combines predictive mapping, field research, interviews, speculative imagery, and immersive storytelling around threatened geographical indication products. Its traveling installation will help farmers, scientists, food communities, and citizens understand how soil change shapes food futures and adaptation strategies.
Project overview
Climate change and land-use shifts affecting soil systems, agricultural viability, regional food identity, and protected food cultures.
Research interviews; identification of three rural sites; fieldwork; predictive maps; three immersive storytelling pieces; traveling interactive installation.
Turns complex soil and climate data into accessible visual, narrative, and experiential formats, engaging farmers, scientists, and the public in dialogue about adaptation and soil stewardship.
Genomic Gastronomy, Dr. Clemens Driessen (Wageningen University), Nataly Khadziakova Studio
Climate change and land-use shifts affecting soil systems, agricultural viability, regional food identity, and protected food cultures.
Turns complex soil and climate data into accessible visual, narrative, and experiential formats, engaging farmers, scientists, and the public in dialogue about adaptation and soil stewardship.
Research interviews; identification of three rural sites; fieldwork; predictive maps; three immersive storytelling pieces; traveling interactive installation.
Genomic Gastronomy, Dr. Clemens Driessen (Wageningen University), Nataly Khadziakova Studio
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