SUELO Mallorca seeks to articulate and share the natural and cultural value of the island to rethink its present and consider a more regenerative future for the Balearic Islands. Through four field trips over four days and at different locations, we will connect with the island’s deep past, with ecological initiatives and experiences connected to all the senses.
SUELO Mallorca is aimed at the inhabitants of Balearic Islands, who come from different paths of knowledge and are interested in exchanging experiences and learning about new perspectives, projects, and people. Each field trip is a full day, from morning to afternoon, exploring the territory on foot through mountain terrain, caves, rocks, and streams, and sea. We engage in physical activities, in-depth scientific and philosophical conversations, storytelling and meals connected to local and traditional cultures.
Cumulatively, these experiences provide a multisensory impression of what Mallorca has been, is, and can be. SUELO offers an opportunity to exchange knowledge, (re)discover and celebrate forgotten practices or particularities of the place, and learn about and share stories, creative practices, other economies, and other ways of living here.
SUELO Mallorca inscribes itself in the wide-reaching Biennal B, a transversal project that integrates art, crafts, science and design to rethink the present and future of the Balearic Isles, led by Es Baluard Museu.
Estudio Nuboso is a platform for exchange between art, ecology, culture and society based in Panama. We aim to reconnect people with nature by designing a variety of multidisciplinary encounters (both virtual and in person) to explore different ways of knowing, collaborating, and experiencing/caring for the ecosystems we inhabit.
It was founded in 2012 to address environmental and social issues in Panama using the transformational force of the arts and ecological principles as a conceptual base. Our mission is to promote living in right relationship with all of life while supporting individuals and environmental organizations in Panama and beyond in their efforts to protect and restore vulnerable ecosystems and communities.
We are exploring the notion of a nature-culture corridor of planetary solidarity and regeneration, to encourage ecological connectivity and resilience across ecosystems – from the local to the planetary – through practices of care for the Earth and all its systems & people. It is a vision that highlights biological corridors and routes of migration as key areas of the planet that need our protection, so as to avoid the catastrophic extinction cascades we are faced with today.
It is an invitation to shift our focus from human to planetary solutions for all of life, which consider us part of the Earth as a whole and not as primary beneficiary. The invitation extends to cultural institutions to take action on ecological topics beyond representation. It is an invitation to environmental organisations and scientific institutions to truly count on culture as partners with whom to spearhead the changes we want to see in society. It is an avenue to support communities and existing networks on the ground and frontlines of the polycrisis with resources and allies of kinship to thrive.
A way of activating connections in and along these corridors is to support folks using the SUELO Field Guide to reconnect with the places they inhabit
SUELO: a methodology to reconnect with the places we inhabit. It articulates the natural and cultural value of a selected location by revealing all of its layers (as with a soil profile) of history, present and potential futures through an experiential knowledge exchange between local community members and guests from different fields of study. The methodology, which can be applied by individuals, organizations or communities, aims to increase awareness and connection to soil/land/territory through the many avenues/disciplines/practices that relate to and address the ground we stand on. Learn more here