Soil City (2016)

By

Open Jar Collective

The Soil City logo

The Soil City logo

 

Soil City was a space for conversation, participatory research and knowledge exchange. 

By engaging with the citizens of Glasgow and a wider community of scientists, artists, activists and academics, we hoped to gain a better understanding of the relationship between healthy soil and healthy people. We be explored how inequalities within society are reflected in the way land is used or remains ‘vacant’. By reframing soil as a valuable collective resource we aimed to play a role in challenging economic, environmental, and health inequalities in Glasgow. We explored soil culture through the alchemy of composting, growing, foraging, fermenting, brewing and cooking, as hospitality and sharing food together are at the core of Open Jar Collective’s approach, and living soil is what supports our nourishment.

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Open Jar Collective

Open Jar Collective is a group of socially engaged artists and designers operating within co-operative principles. We believe that artistic practices can contribute meaningfully to the development of new perspectives on culture and the environment through the Sharing of food, ideas and possibilities for change. Through active and creative community engagement, our work strives to empower people to take part in the growing debate about the future of our local and global food systems. Open Jar Collective members are Alex Wilde, Clem Sandison, Hannah Brackston, Daniele Sambo, Nicola Godsal and Beth Ramsay

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