A series of Projects with Alana Bartol as The Deep Earth Treatment Centre (DETC), exploring relationships between humans and soil through projects, interactions and interventions .
More about DETC:
VIEW PDF- “Notes from the Deep Earth Treatment Centre” Chapter for edited volume: Naturally Post-Natural: Jennifer Willet, ed. by Ted Heibert. Noxious Sector Press, 2018
The Soil is Teeming With Life, 2015
5min Animation with Alana Bartol:
Some soil microbe drawings to be animated, pen and ink on paper, 2015
Meditation On Soil
Students were led through a meditation on soil. Pillows filled with soil were provided for participants to sit on. The meditation reflected on the living components of soil, while exploring our psychological associations with dirt.
The Dream Experiment at The Banff Centre, 2015
We collected soil from three significant sites in Banff, Alberta. Over the course of a week, participants in this "experiment" were asked to place a test tube filled with soil under their pillow and record their dreams. Drawings, notes and other thoughts were recorded in notebooks that were shared in a night of readings. Participants can remain anonymous. This work investigates whether soil and place are connected to dreaming.
Life in the Soil 2017
Event Website: https://lifeinthesoil2017.wordpress.com
Life in the Soil was a 3-day interdisciplinary event, presented by The Deep Earth Treatment Centre (DETC) Amanda White and Alana Bartol in collaboration with Jennifer Willet and the Incubator Lab . The event aimed to encourage public engagement and cross-disciplinary dialogue through talks, workshops, and participatory artworks towards deepening our relationship with and understanding of the complexity of living soil and its importance to all life on earth.
Life in the Soil- 3 -day event,
March 7-9, 2017
Life in the Soil was a 3-day interdisciplinary event, presented by The Deep Earth Treatment Centre (DETC) Amanda White and Alana Bartol in collaboration with Jennifer Willet. The event aimed to encourage public engagement and cross-disciplinary dialogue towards deepening our relationship with and understanding of the complexity of living soil and its importance to all life on earth.
Life in the Soil is the inaugural event of the five year research-creation project Bioart: Collaborating with Life; funded by the SSHRC insight program. As the first in a series of annual events, we began with a workshop involving presentations and activities that will connect participants to the liveness of soil; highlighting various perspectives on soil, and exploring the ethics of inter-species collaborations.
The Dream Experiment at The Banff Centre, 2015
We collected soil from three significant sites in Banff, Alberta. Over the course of a week, participants in this "experiment" have been asked to place a test tube filled with soil under their pillow and record their dreams. Drawings, notes and other thoughts can be included. Participants can remain anonymous. This work investigates whether soil and place are connected to dreaming.
Dirt Don't Hurt, 2014
Students in the Bioart: Contemporary Art and the Life Sciences course at the University of Windsor were led through a meditation on soil. Pillows filled with soil were provided for participants to sit on. The meditation reflected on the living components of soil, while exploring our psychological associations with dirt.
The Soil Is Teeming With Life, 2015
Animation, 5min, Drawings (Ink and Watercolour on Paper) A series of drawings and animations of nematodes, bacteria, arthropods and other living organisms that make soil their home.