Clublokaal, Breda
On October 23rd we celebrated the opening of our exhibition in Clublokaal. The work shown was a collaboration between masharu studio and Platform Dis focusing on the relationship between humans and soil. Through shared tasting, drawing, and conversation, the day encouraged visitors to reconsider their relationship with soil, compost, and the world beyond humans. The event unfolded as a collective experience, where artistic research, sensory engagement, and dialogue intersected.
The program included an edible earth tasting workshop led by masharu, inviting participants to explore soil as a cultural, material, and nutritional substance. Through this workshop, visitors were able to engage with the earth not only intellectually but also through taste, discovering new ways of understanding their relationship with the environment.
As the Museum of Edible Earth brings together a collection of edible soils from across the globe, it invites the audience to review their knowledge about food and cultural traditions using creative thinking. It addresses the following questions: What stands behind the earth-eating tradition? Where does the edible earth come from? What are the possible benefits and dangers of eating earth? How do the material properties of earth affect its flavor? Its goal is to constitute an extensive collection of soils suggested for oral use from most countries possible and, through their different cultural uses and histories, with the help of cross-disciplinary partnerships, workshops, and collaborations, redesigning and reconsidering the earth.
The opening day at Clublokaal reflects masharu studio’s interest in creating participatory formats that connect exhibition-making with embodied practices, and collective learning. Through workshops, tastings, and moments of conversation, visitors were invited to engage with the project through direct sensory experience. Beyond the opening day, the exhibition functioned as an active space where soil was explored collectively and through installations, videos, and tastings.
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