Abstract
To move people towards patterns of eating, living, and engaging
with the world that promote wellbeing and a healthy
environment, we need to explore novel collaborations for
remaking human organization. In this art-led, two-month
long work alliance, participants-cum-experimenters fermented
their own urine for a substrate in which to grow an edible
plant (Lactuca sativa), thereby creating a simple material
relationship between their bodies and the environment. The
outcome of this social experimentation with 22 participants
revealed how the jointly encountered technical ambiguity
stimulated curiosity and a unifying purpose which promoted
social engagement and positively affected environmental
relationships.
with the world that promote wellbeing and a healthy
environment, we need to explore novel collaborations for
remaking human organization. In this art-led, two-month
long work alliance, participants-cum-experimenters fermented
their own urine for a substrate in which to grow an edible
plant (Lactuca sativa), thereby creating a simple material
relationship between their bodies and the environment. The
outcome of this social experimentation with 22 participants
revealed how the jointly encountered technical ambiguity
stimulated curiosity and a unifying purpose which promoted
social engagement and positively affected environmental
relationships.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Culture, Community & Climate: Conversations about Emergent Praxis |
| Editors | Richard Povall |
| Place of Publication | Kingsbridge, Devon |
| Publisher | art.earth |
| Pages | 66-86 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-9957196-4-4 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2020 |
Keywords
- Fermentation
- Urine upcycling
- Maker experiment
- Climate change
- Waste commons
- Commoning
