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Exhibition Activations

03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis

Extended exhibition program, 7 Oct–6 Nov 2026

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The exhibition ‘03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis’ emerges from the project 03: Soil, which is based on interdisciplinary and site-specific artistic research, and is rooted in a collective field exploration of a subalpine ecological research laboratory in the Stubai Valley (Tyrol, Austria).

At AIL researchers and artists show their open, collaborative process, which unfolds in a multiperspective inquiry on soil and drought. This creates a dialogue at the intersection of data collection, scientific exploration and artistic translation, in which soil becomes a ground for research, creativity, evidence and metaphors.

From October till November the exhibition ‘03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis’ gets activated by a program of guided tours, workshops or performances. Find all details by scrolling down below.

Overview:

6 Oct (Exhibition Opening)

18:00 Welcome by Julienne Lorz (Expanded Museum Studies, AIL Executive Board)

19:00 Soil remembers

Performance Lecture by Michael Bahn with live sound structures by Johanna Unterpertinger

20:00 Soil Session with Christian Prohammer

Visitors are invited to participate in the multi-channel sound installation Soil Immersion by Christian Prohammer and Johanna Unterpertinger.

8 Oct

15:30–17:30
Workshop with Helena Detsch
The Organic Painter – Painting with Natural Colours
(Register via this link)

15 Oct

16:00–18:00
Guided Tour and Soil Session
with Christian Prohammer

21 Oct

16:00—18:00
Guided Tour and Soil Session
with Christian Prohammer

5 Nov

12:00—13:00
Guided Tour

13:15—15:30
Workshop with Franziska Allerberger
Out of Balance: On the Quest for Reconnecting
(Register via this link)

workshop

08 Oct 2026, 15:30

The Organic Painter

Painting with natural colours

Part of the exhibition ‘03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis’

Workshop with Helena Detsch.
Duration: 15:30–17:30

Please register for this workshop via this link

In this workshop with Helena Detsch we will explore simple ways to create a fascinating natural color palette from soil and plant-based materials like earths, minerals, vegetables, kitchen supplies and algae pigments.

Together, we'll first experiment with making self-made oil- or watercolors from 100% natural sources and then explore the many possibilities of sustainable painting, discovering how these self-made colors behave on paper and fabric and what a truly organic painting practice can look like.

About Helena Detsch:

In her oil paintings, installations and animations, Helena Detsch explores (mis-)relationships between humans and more-than-human life. Her series and immersive spatial installations question Western anthropocentric narratives about nature as a resource and create spaces to reflect on coexistence and complex interconnections between human and other agents. To develop a more sustainable art practice, she crafts natural colors from plant and soil pigments.

About the exhibition:

Soil is a highly diverse and sensitive cosmos that is facing increasing pressure due to the climate crisis, as a result of more frequent and severe extreme events such as drought. Soil holds histories, stories and belowground storage systems, repositories of information and traces of past worlds, current developments and future scenarios.

The exhibition 03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis emerges from the project 03: Soil, which is based on interdisciplinary and site-specific artistic research, and is rooted in a collective field exploration of a subalpine ecological research laboratory in the Stubai Valley (Tyrol, Austria).

At AIL researchers and artists show their open, collaborative process, which unfolds in a multiperspective inquiry on soil and drought. This creates a dialogue at the intersection of data collection, scientific exploration and artistic translation, in which soil becomes a ground for research, creativity, evidence and metaphors.

Scientific instruments and equipment such as soil corers, gas analysers, sample bags, and rubber gloves are referenced as symbolic embodiments for the experimental simulation and investigation of the effects of droughts on grasslands and their soils.

With contributions by:

Franziska Allerberger (Geographer), Michael Bahn (Ecologist), Helena Detsch (Visual Artist), Cornelia Dirnberger (Visual Artist), Christian Prohammer (Musician, Audio Engineer), Nora Schöpfer (Visual Artist), Konstantina Maria Serjannis (Cultural Scientist), Johanna Unterpertinger (Musician)

Preview mage: Konstantina Maria Serjannis

exhibition

15 Oct 2026, 16:00

Guided Tour and Soil Session

03: Soil. Between (De-) Composition and (Re-) Construction in the Climate Crisis

Free entry, no registration needed

Soil Session with Christian Prohammer

Visitors are invited to participate in the multi-channel sound installation Soil Immersion by Christian Prohammer and Johanna Unterpertinger. Following three recording sessions during the runtime of the exhibition, visitors’ voice and sound fragments are integrated into the immersive layering of sound. No registration needed.

About the exhibition:

Soil is a highly diverse and sensitive cosmos that is facing increasing pressure due to the climate crisis, as a result of more frequent and severe extreme events such as drought. Soil holds histories, stories and belowground storage systems, repositories of information and traces of past worlds, current developments and future scenarios.

The exhibition 03: Soil - Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis emerges from the project 03: Soil, which is based on interdisciplinary and site-specific artistic research, and is rooted in a collective field exploration of a subalpine ecological research laboratory in the Stubai Valley (Tyrol, Austria).

At AIL researchers and artists show their open, collaborative process, which unfolds in a multiperspective inquiry on soil and drought. This creates a dialogue at the intersection of data collection, scientific exploration and artistic translation, in which soil becomes a ground for research, creativity, evidence and metaphors.

Scientific instruments and equipment such as soil corers, gas analysers, sample bags, and rubber gloves are referenced as symbolic embodiments for the experimental simulation and investigation of the effects of droughts on grasslands and their soils.

With contributions by:

Franziska Allerberger (Geographer), Michael Bahn (Ecologist), Helena Detsch (Visual Artist), Cornelia Dirnberger (Visual Artist), Christian Prohammer (Musician, Audio Engineer), Nora Schöpfer (Visual Artist), Konstantina Maria Serjannis (Cultural Scientist), Johanna Unterpertinger (Musician)

Preview mage: Konstantina Maria Serjannis

exhibition

21 Oct 2026, 16:00

Guided Tour and Soil Session

03: Soil. Between (De-) Composition and (Re-) Construction in the Climate Crisis

Free entry, no registration needed

Soil Session with Christian Prohammer

Visitors are invited to participate in the multi-channel sound installation Soil Immersion by Christian Prohammer and Johanna Unterpertinger. Following three recording sessions during the runtime of the exhibition, visitors’ voice and sound fragments are integrated into the immersive layering of sound. No registration needed.

About the exhibition:

Soil is a highly diverse and sensitive cosmos that is facing increasing pressure due to the climate crisis, as a result of more frequent and severe extreme events such as drought. Soil holds histories, stories and belowground storage systems, repositories of information and traces of past worlds, current developments and future scenarios.

The exhibition 03: Soil - Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis emerges from the project 03: Soil, which is based on interdisciplinary and site-specific artistic research, and is rooted in a collective field exploration of a subalpine ecological research laboratory in the Stubai Valley (Tyrol, Austria).

At AIL researchers and artists show their open, collaborative process, which unfolds in a multiperspective inquiry on soil and drought. This creates a dialogue at the intersection of data collection, scientific exploration and artistic translation, in which soil becomes a ground for research, creativity, evidence and metaphors.

Scientific instruments and equipment such as soil corers, gas analysers, sample bags, and rubber gloves are referenced as symbolic embodiments for the experimental simulation and investigation of the effects of droughts on grasslands and their soils.

With contributions by:

Franziska Allerberger (Geographer), Michael Bahn (Ecologist), Helena Detsch (Visual Artist), Cornelia Dirnberger (Visual Artist), Christian Prohammer (Musician, Audio Engineer), Nora Schöpfer (Visual Artist), Konstantina Maria Serjannis (Cultural Scientist), Johanna Unterpertinger (Musician)

Preview mage: Konstantina Maria Serjannis

exhibition

05 Nov 2026, 12:00

Guided Tour

03: Soil. Between (De-) Composition and (Re-) Construction in the Climate Crisis

Free entry, no registration needed

About the exhibition:

Soil is a highly diverse and sensitive cosmos that is facing increasing pressure due to the climate crisis, as a result of more frequent and severe extreme events such as drought. Soil holds histories, stories and belowground storage systems, repositories of information and traces of past worlds, current developments and future scenarios.

The exhibition 03: Soil - Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis emerges from the project 03: Soil, which is based on interdisciplinary and site-specific artistic research, and is rooted in a collective field exploration of a subalpine ecological research laboratory in the Stubai Valley (Tyrol, Austria).

At AIL researchers and artists show their open, collaborative process, which unfolds in a multiperspective inquiry on soil and drought. This creates a dialogue at the intersection of data collection, scientific exploration and artistic translation, in which soil becomes a ground for research, creativity, evidence and metaphors.

Scientific instruments and equipment such as soil corers, gas analysers, sample bags, and rubber gloves are referenced as symbolic embodiments for the experimental simulation and investigation of the effects of droughts on grasslands and their soils.

With contributions by:

Franziska Allerberger (Geographer), Michael Bahn (Ecologist), Helena Detsch (Visual Artist), Cornelia Dirnberger (Visual Artist), Christian Prohammer (Musician, Audio Engineer), Nora Schöpfer (Visual Artist), Konstantina Maria Serjannis (Cultural Scientist), Johanna Unterpertinger (Musician)

Preview mage: Konstantina Maria Serjannis

workshop

05 Nov 2026, 13:15

Out of Balance

On the Quest for Reconnecting

Part of the exhibition ‘03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis’

Workshop with Franziska Allerberger.
Duration: 13:15–15:30

Please register for this workshop via this link

We live in a highly globalised and hyper-connected world. At the same time, it feels like falling apart: To a large extent, we have lost connection – to ‘others’ in society, to ‘other’ kinds of knowing, and to something we are used to call ‘nature’.

What really matters to us? Is it possible to un-learn and un-do ingrained habits or routines resulting in ways of living severely threatening ecosystems and resulting in multiple socio-ecological crises we are facing nowadays? Out of a sense of urgency, can a mindset emerge that entails a more-than-human way of thinking and acting, both individually and collectively?

The workshop is an invitation to explore these questions and themes by getting in motion through a performative and embodied approach. In doing so, we also reflect upon the creative potential of art-science collaborations (such as 03: Soil) for unleashing societal change towards a healthier future on Planet Earth.

About Franziska Allerberger:

Franziska Allerberger is a geographer and pursues a training in theater pedagogy. She is interested in interfaces of science, arts, policy and civil society, and how collaborations between these distinct actor groups can be facilitated and strengthened to contribute to a livable future. Her geographic perspective is the starting point for her artistic explorations at AIL.

About the exhibition:

Soil is a highly diverse and sensitive cosmos that is facing increasing pressure due to the climate crisis, as a result of more frequent and severe extreme events such as drought. Soil holds histories, stories and belowground storage systems, repositories of information and traces of past worlds, current developments and future scenarios.

The exhibition 03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis emerges from the project 03: Soil, which is based on interdisciplinary and site-specific artistic research, and is rooted in a collective field exploration of a subalpine ecological research laboratory in the Stubai Valley (Tyrol, Austria).

At AIL researchers and artists show their open, collaborative process, which unfolds in a multiperspective inquiry on soil and drought. This creates a dialogue at the intersection of data collection, scientific exploration and artistic translation, in which soil becomes a ground for research, creativity, evidence and metaphors.

Scientific instruments and equipment such as soil corers, gas analysers, sample bags, and rubber gloves are referenced as symbolic embodiments for the experimental simulation and investigation of the effects of droughts on grasslands and their soils.

With contributions by:

Franziska Allerberger (Geographer), Michael Bahn (Ecologist), Helena Detsch (Visual Artist), Cornelia Dirnberger (Visual Artist), Christian Prohammer (Musician, Audio Engineer), Nora Schöpfer (Visual Artist), Konstantina Maria Serjannis (Cultural Scientist), Johanna Unterpertinger (Musician)

Preview mage: Konstantina Maria Serjannis