Composting (Wet) Knowledge

2022

Co-creators: James Jack, Mina Elison, Qiutong Zhai, Angea Cuna and Hideaki Gushiken.

The active dialogues held with the Composting Knowledge platform engages with water as a fluid medium that is in the sky, air, sea, rivers, land and our bodies. Our aim is to listen deeply to water in compost as a source of knowledge that informs our daily lives with indigenous forms of knowing from the past. Relearning place names puts land and sea into the center of knowledge with music, food, drawing and learning in the center of our compass. Exchange of bacteria with each other builds upon our existing biomes while leading to delicious gatherings for sharing all that we learn while composting knowledge together.

Wet Composting

Co-creators: James Jack, Mina Elison and Gerald Lucena.
2022
lumbung: documenta fifteen. Hafenstrasse 76 & ruruHaus, Kassel, Germany

Wet Composting

Co-creators: James Jack, Mina Elison, and Gerald Lucena.
2022
lumbung: documenta fifteen. Hafenstrasse 76 & ruruHaus, Kassel, Germany

Composting Knowledge

Co-creators: Yusaku Imamura, Koji Kato, James Jack, Mina Elison and friends.
2022
lumbung: documenta fifteen. Hafenstrasse 76 & ruruHaus, Kassel, Germany

Composting Bin

Co-creators: Qiutong Zhai, James Jack and Mina Elison.
2022
lumbung: documenta fifteen. Hafenstrasse 76 & ruruHaus, Kassel, Germany

Composting Bin

Co-creators: Qiutong Zhai, James Jack and Mina Elison.
2022
lumbung: documenta fifteen. Hafenstrasse 76 & ruruHaus, Kassel, Germany

Open Bin

Co-creators: James Jack, Mina Elison, Qiutong Zhai, Angea Cuna and Hideaki Gushiken.
2022
lumbung: documenta fifteen. Hafenstrasse 76 & ruruHaus, Kassel, Germany

Composting Harvest

Co-creators: Qiutong Zhai and Angea Cuna
2022
lumbung: documenta fifteen. Hafenstrasse 76 & ruruHaus, Kassel, Germany

Floating Kin

Co-creators: James Jack and Mina Elison
2022
lumbung: documenta fifteen. Hafenstrasse 76 & ruruHaus, Kassel, Germany

Wet Composting Harvest

Co-creators: James Jack, Mina Elison, Qiutong Zhai, Angea Cuna and Hideaki Gushiken.
2022
lumbung: documenta fifteen. Hafenstrasse 76 & ruruHaus, Kassel, Germany