SOILS TURN Pre-Order

Soils Turn is our upcoming "field guide," highlighting the work of approximately thirty distinguished soil artists, and includes soil essays, and a directory of 140 soil artists. The book is currently in the design stage as of June 2025. Published by ecoartspace and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Pages: Approx. 310 Size: 7.5 x 11 inches Binding: Softcover, Thread stitching Publication language: English Edition: 300 Retail price: 38 USD Planned launch date: October 15, 2025 "…human beings are not in a separate compost pile. We are humus, not Homo, not anthropos; we are compost, not posthuman." Donna Haraway Haraway’s clarion call to reimagine human‘ as humus‘ reflects a recent ‘soils turn’ in the social sciences and humanities, and is a provocation for mainstream soil knowledge that empowers humans to reconnect with soils. Heeding this call, Soils Turn is the 2025 ecoartspace printed book, to be realized as a directory of artists, designers, architects, and other creatives engaging with soil materials and soil protection issues. Under pressures of climate change, food sovereignty, pollution, and biodiversity loss, care of soils is urgently needed and must be addressed from multiple perspectives. Soils Turn is a practical guide for curators, scientists, students, policy makers and community organizers to connect with aesthetic earthly engagements. Co-Editors Alexandra R. Toland is assistant professor for arts and research at the Bauhaus University Weimar, where she directs the Ph.D. programme in art and design. She earned her MFA from the Dutch Art Institute (DAI) and a doctorate degree in landscape planning from the TU-Berlin as a DFG fellow in the Perspectives of Urban Ecology Graduate Research Group. Patricia L. Watts is founder of ecoartspace, and has curated over thirty art and ecology exhibitions. She organizes the annual ecoartspace exhibitions online and in-person and is publisher of five ecoartspace publications printed books since 2020.