The Soil Fragments
The Soil Fragments research narrates the history of soil displacement in a construction site in the north of Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
The archaeological interpretation carried out by the collective “Dig Where You Stand” laid the foundations for a methodology of interpretation based on situated archaeology, adapted to a language of its own. Using various tools of communication such as collages, textures, plans, videos and sounds, the audio-visual installation dynamically integrates all the elements of the research work. Its aim is to highlight the visible and invisible layers of the soil.
“How to talk about the soil without referring to it?” proposes a playful exhibition of the elements that make up the dunes studied in the archaeological research. These unnatural elements were displaced during the construction of the explored building and remained in place, while the soil was displaced outside the city. Through this installation, a perspective is presented that introduces these elements as witnesses to a displacement.
The Soil Fragments research narrates the history of soil displacement in a construction site in the north of Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
The archaeological interpretation carried out by the collective “Dig Where You Stand” laid the foundations for a methodology of interpretation based on situated archaeology, adapted to a language of its own. Using various tools of communication such as collages, textures, plans, videos and sounds, the audio-visual installation dynamically integrates all the elements of the research work. Its aim is to highlight the visible and invisible layers of the soil.
“How to talk about the soil without referring to it?” proposes a playful exhibition of the elements that make up the dunes studied in the archaeological research. These unnatural elements were displaced during the construction of the explored building and remained in place, while the soil was displaced outside the city. Through this installation, a perspective is presented that introduces these elements as witnesses to a displacement.