{"id":63569,"date":"2026-01-27T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&p=63569"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:45:24","slug":"the-membrane","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/the-membrane\/","title":{"rendered":"Membrane: Myths & Fictions of Soil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Membrane<\/strong> 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,<\/span>\u00a0Membrane<\/strong><\/em><\/span> reveals soil as a multispecies archive and living memory, staging renewed earthly relations beyond anthropocentrism.
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Artists:
\n<\/strong>Peder Bjurman (SE) Linda Bo\u013c\u0161akova (LV) Lucrezia Costa (IT) Egl\u0117 Budvytyt\u0117 (LT) Johanna Seeleman (DE) Sigr\u00fan Thorlacius (IS) Gediminas & Nomeda Urbonas (LT)<\/span><\/p>\n

Curator<\/strong> is Thomas Pausz.
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Screenshot from a video work “Songs from the Compost”, by artist Egl\u0117 Budvytyt\u0117.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nThe exhibition is part of Reykjav\u00edk Art Festival.<\/span><\/strong>
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Accessibility<\/h4>\n

The Nordic House has good access to most of the building\u2019s spaces. There is a wheelchair ramp leading up to the house, and inside, an elevator goes down to the exhibition space Hvelfing.<\/p>\n

Read more about the accessibility here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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