ABOUT
THIS PROJECT IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS A CULTURAL PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS ALL LIVING BEINGS ON THE PLANET. THERE IS NO SINGLE SOLUTION, BUT DIVERSE SECTORS AND PARTICIPANTS SHOULD UNITE AND COLLABORATE TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE. IN THIS SENSE, ARTISTS AND CULTURAL OPERATORS HAVE A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THIS PROCESS.
ART CAN HELP TO SEE FARMING NOT JUST AS A MEANS OF PRODUCING FOOD, BUT AS AN AESTHETIC AND SPIRITUAL APPROACH TO LIFE AND THEREFORE GENERATE THE CULTURAL SHIFT NEEDED FOR PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS TO TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM.
Tilling Roots and Seeds is an international cooperation project between Ars Electronica (AT), KILOWATT (IT), University of Barcelona (ES) and Quo Artis (ES) as lead partner and co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
Tilling Roots and Seeds aims to enhance European cultural cooperation and capacity for artistic research and practice on the topic of the plant biodiversity crisis and sustainable food system in Europe.
The project also supports the role of art as a tool to awaken a critical understanding of climate change that sheds light on how humans generate and affect it through the current food consumption systems. The project assumes that innovative solutions require the engagement of those involved in farming and food production as well as the voice of communities, as innovation can derive also from traditional knowledge.
The overall objective of Tilling Roots and Seeds is to find collaborative ways to discover, regenerate and narrate the work of the farmers in every aspect, by working in a way that is interconnected and in harmony with the natural world and respectful of future generations.
This project builds upon the lessons learned through the EU funded project Roots and Seeds XXI. It further expands the capabilities and opportunities of the EU creative sector to contribute to fight the biodiversity crisis and the environmental degradation of our times and opens up opportunities for artists to collaborate with the scientific and farming sectors to imagine future sustainable scenarios. It also transfers knowledge and disseminates good practices and results to the cultural and scientific sector as well as to the general public. In this second phase, the project will also engage food consumers, particularly young people, and promote mental, emotional, and physical well-being of current and future generations.
OBJECTIVES
TO EXPERIMENT TRANSDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARTISTS, RESEARCHERS, LOCAL GROWERS AND CONSUMERS, TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATION BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURE.
TO BUILD CAPACITIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD THROUGH ART AND CREATIVITY, BUILDING ON THE ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH NATURE.
TO RAISE AWARENESS AND DISSEMINATE ARTISTIC PRACTICES THAT TELL POSITIVE STORIES ABOUT FUTURE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SCENARIOS.
