Stalls
14.00 - 18.00 | East Wing Galleries off The Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court
There will be stalls from Somerset House’s Creative Community including Biofonic, Hubbub, Julie’s Bicycle, Katya Bryskina, Materra, Notgroundbreaking, and Wildsmith Skin, as well external contributors such as Climate Champions – Paddington Development Trust, Energy Garden, Farmacy, Freddie Yauner, Jamie’s Farm, Moonji Ice Cream, Therapi, and Wilder Botanics.
Film Screenings
14.00 - 18.00 | Screening Room, Embankment
Throughout the day, we will show a series of documentaries about soil and regenerative farming. The films will be shown on loop, so you'll have the opportunity to see them more than once:
Closing the Loop by Joe Preston
14.00 and 16.42
Closing the Loop is a new two-channel film installation that examines the impact of climate change on the food and waste cycles. The film looks backwards to the traditional relationships with the land whilst looking forward to innovative attempts to adapt to a new, unpredictable climate. (31 minutes)
The Quickening by Deirdre O’Mahony
14.31 and 17.13
Bringing together urgent conversations, original music and moving image, The Quickening by Deirdre O’Mahony responds to issues in farming, food production and consumption, in the face of the current ecological and climate crises. The lyrics of the libretto were developed with writer Joanna Walshe, drawing on recorded conversations between farmers, scientists and politicians at feasts hosted by O’Mahony for her earlier project Sustainment Experiments. Performed by Irish musicians, and featuring the field recordings, The Quickening presents a polyvocal response to the most urgent questions affecting land and its inhabitants, giving voice the invisible protagonists that shape our earth’s future. (35 minutes)
6 inches of Soil by Colin Ramsay
15.06
The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities. (96 minutes)
Artist Talks
Inside the SOIL Exhibition | Embankment Galleries | South Wing
14.30 – Chris Wakefield, Cambridge Archaeological Unit
The Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court
15.30 – Freddie Yauner
