Traces from the Anthropocene: Working with Soil, 2019 by Riikka Latva-Somppi
VII Art of Research: Authorship and Responsibility Exhibition
This project was carried out by artist-researchers of the Department of Design at the Aalto University in cooperation with soil contamination experts from the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). Ceramic artists explored, analysed and processed the soil in the Venetian Lagoon area. The project was conducted during the Research Pavilion event in the context of the 2019 Venice Biennale.
Research group: Maarit Mäkelä (FI), Riikka Latva-Somppi (FI), Catharina Kajander (FI), Özgü Gündeşlioğlu (TR), Tzuyu Chen (TW), Pauliina Purhonen (FI)
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by Riikka Latva-Somppi
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Traces from the Anthropocene
This project was carried out by artist-researchers of the Department of Design at the Aalto University in cooperation with soil contamination experts from the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). Ceramic artists explored, analysed and processed the soil in the Venetian Lagoon area.
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