Declaration of Land Use, Soil as Witness, 2015 / All photos: Monica Løvdahl, 2015.
Soil Procession : A MOVEMENT of Soil from the Country to the City by Farmers.
Temporary Public Intervention connected to permanent, public artwork, 2015
Oslo, Norway.
On June 13, 2015 a procession of farmers carried soil from their farms through the city of Oslo to its new home by the Oslo fjord. Soil Procession was a GROUND BUILDING ceremony that used the soil collected from over 50 Norwegian farms from as far north as Tromsø and as far south as Stokke, to build the foundation of the Flatbread Society Grain Field and a Declaration of Land Use for the commons that included an official naming of the site to Losæter. A procession of soil and people through Oslo drew attention to this historical, symbolic moment of the transition of a piece of land into a permanent stage for art and action related to food production.