Sensing Soil (2021-22) was led by Dr Ros Gray in partnership with soil scientist Dr Jacqueline Hannam, artist Harun Morrison and the Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network. It explored different methods for sensing soil and understanding its capacities to support life and capture carbon through sight, touch, smell and listening.
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Sensing Soil was a year-long artistic and citizen science project involving participants from Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network and students from the MA Art & Ecology through a series of workshops that included learning sensory techniques to make embodied analysis of soil, site visits, and practical gardening and composting activities.
The processes and methods were shared at an Open Day in the Art Research Garden in July 2022 through soil sensing stations, invited speakers, a listening station and sampling of botanical cordials. A fold-out poster publication included texts, diagrams, testimonies and documentations relating to the workshops.
Read more on the Sensing Soil page.