{"id":63569,"date":"2026-01-27T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=63569"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:32:27","slug":"the-membrane","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/the-membrane\/","title":{"rendered":"Membrane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s15\"><span class=\"s11\">Welcome to the opening of<\/span><span class=\"s12\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s13\">The Membrane<\/span> <span class=\"s11\">at The Nordic house!<\/span><span class=\"s14\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s15\"><span class=\"s16\">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, <\/span><span class=\"s17\">The Membrane<\/span><span class=\"s16\"> reveals soil as a multispecies archive and living memory, staging renewed earthly relations beyond anthropocentrism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s16\">Curator is Thomas Pausz.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Accessibility<\/h4>\n<p>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<p>Read more about the<a href=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Accessibility-guide-_-Nordic-house.pdf\"> accessibility here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s2\">The exhibition is part of Reykjav\u00edk Art Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the opening of\u00a0The 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":64274,"template":"","event-categories":[56],"class_list":["post-63569","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-exhibitions","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/63569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=63569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}