We are excited to announce the names of the 8 shortlisted artists for the “Soil Art Tales” Open Call launched in the context of the SoilTribes project. The open call was launched on 25 January 2025 to select 4 artists to produce artworks that could add emotional and motivational layers to human-soil connections, offering new ways of visualizing, interpreting, and interacting with soil.
Shortlisted artists:
- Jo Pearl
- Binta Diaw
- Nikki Lindt
- Miguel Teodoro
- Giuseppe La Spada
- Bethany Kopsei
- Xin Yang
- Segal Calin
Members of the selection committee:
- INOVA+’s staff (SoilTribes project coordinator)
- Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU-NET) s’ staff (SoilTribes project partner)
- Office for Climate Education (OCE)’s staff (SoilTribes project partner)
- Clive Adams, former director of the Centre for Contemporary and the Natural World UK
- Stefano Cagol, appointed Soil Art Tales curator (SoilTribes exhibition project)
The names of the 4 “winners” will be announced by the end of April 2025.
The 4 artworks will compose a travelling exhibition which will be hosted in 7 European museums (a call for museums will be launched soon!) throughout the implementation of the SoilTribes project.
The exhibitions will be organized by WAMU-NET and curated by Stefano Cagol.
We would like to take this occasion to thank all the artists who submitted an application for their time and effort and for sharing really amazing proposals!
Stay tuned and follow updates on the Soil Art Tales traveling exhibition on our website and on the SoilTribes website.