Last Friday the Library of Science opened the exhibition “SOIL,” part of the duo-exhibition of environmental humanities, ‘soil & water’. This exhibit can be found in the display cases in wing 4 of the Library of Science. The other exhibit, 'WATER,' can be found in the Central Library. The exhibitions are on display through 5 June.
By whom
The exhibit was created by RICH Research Group Environmental Humanities, the Center for Art History Documentation (CKD) and library staff. From the Faculty of Science, Willem Halffman is involved
Topic
The exhibitions SOIL and WATER make us look differently at the role of soil and water in our lives. SOIL explores how soil connects us to nature, while WATER explores the powerful, both life-giving and destructive, influence of water.
More info from the organisation:
SOIL – Library of Science, Huygens building
Soil, though often concealed by pavement, buildings, and grass, can help us rethink our relationships to the natural world — if only we choose to see it as a web of relations connecting us to a variety of non-human actors, instead of a resource to optimize and exploit. This exhibition aims to explore this switch in perspectives.
WATER – Central University Library
Water is a sustainer for life, shapes landscapes, and connects animals and humans on our planet—but it also divides, destroys, and challenges us.
The exhibition ‘Go with the flow’ explores the dual nature of water through multiple themes, from its role as a life-giving force to its impact as an
unpredictable power. Flow with us through stories of disaster, innovation and resilience as we navigate the relationship between water and human life.”