A Site to Behold:
Soil
has an image problem. Perhaps
dirt, like beauty, exists only in the eye of the beholder. So, what do we behold?
This
exhibition explores
the
hidden ground beneath our feet to unearth the
vocabulary of soil. Carefully extracting soil from existing cuts
in
the landscape, the soil samples have been deconstructed,
scientifically categorised then artistically reconstructed for contemplation Qualities
such as hue, value, chroma, texture, structure and proportion offer a unique design language
for expressing the distinctiveness of place.