This short video is based on the Visual Soil Assessment by Graham Shepherd — a simple yet powerful way to read the life and structure of soil.
I’ve used this technique for years, first in the Netherlands, then across Africa. It helps farmers recognize the signs of fertility with just a look and a touch — something almost forgotten in an increasingly technical world.
Filmed here in northern Burgos, but applicable to soils everywhere.
Soil images speak clearly.
Through chromatograms, we could see in the Dutch Pavilion what the soil feels — its health, its memory, its silence.
Reading these patterns together opened conversations that go beyond science — between art, culture, and the ground we all share. https://whoiswe.nl/events
Who is We? — Venice 2021
In Venice, we read the soil together — with artist Debra Solomon and So Young Han from We are Venice.
Through chromatograms, the soil revealed its own stories: traces of life, care, and time.
Here in Venice, soil binds art with science. — showing how every living soil holds a piece of our shared culture.
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