The Membrane

Welcome to the opening of The Membrane at The Nordic house!

The Membrane explores soil regeneration as a fundamental process that makes earth habitable, enabling life to emerge, persist, and renew itself. Scientific and posthumanist perspectives increasingly describe soil as a self-organising living system: a dynamic, symbiotic process rather than an inert resource. Soil embodies both life-generating growth and the vital cycles of decay and decomposition. Because of its opacity and non-human temporalities, soil invites speculations, myths, and narratives alongside scientific knowledge. Bringing together contemporary artistic practices, The Membrane reveals soil as a multispecies archive and living memory, staging renewed earthly relations beyond anthropocentrism.

Accessibility

The Nordic House has good access to most of the building’s spaces. There is a wheelchair ramp that leads up to the house and inside the house there is an elevator that goes down to the exhibition space Hvelfing.

read more about the accessibility here: https://nordichouse.is/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Accessibility-guide-_-Nordic-house.pdf

Sponsors and partners/producers: The Nordic House, Listahátið, University of Iceland