As the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is coming to its end, artist and curator Neal White explores the latest iteration of the Soil Assembly held from 20-25 January at the 6th Edition of the Biennale – titled, ‘For the Time Being’.

https://www.makery.info/en/2026/03/16/english-soil-assembly-at-the-kochi-muziris-biennale-situated-for-the-time-being/

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Chaque année depuis cinq ans, à la date anniversaire de la catastrophe qui a dévasté le Japon le 11 mars 2011 – le séisme qui a déclenché le tsunami à l’origine des multiples fusions nucléaires à Fukushima –, un groupe hétéroclite de personnes se réunit dans une maison traditionnelle en bois à Hirono pour surfer les vagues de la côte Pacifique, juste au sud des réacteurs désormais hors service. Entretien.

https://www.makery.info/2026/03/10/english-when-in-fukushima-do-as-the-surfers-do/

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Each year for the past five years, on the anniversary of Japan’s devastating disaster of March 11, 2011 – the earthquake that triggered the tsunami that led to multiple nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima – an eclectic group of individuals gather at a traditional wooden house in Hirono and learn to surf the waves, just down the Pacific coast from the decommissioned reactors.

#RewildingCultures #FeralLabs #Fukushima #engawanoie

https://www.makery.info/en/2026/03/10/english-when-in-fukushima-do-as-the-surfers-do/

As the Feral Labs Network’s Rewilding Cultures programme (2022–2026) comes soon to an end, Makery publishes a series of essays drawn from the 2024 Feral Labs Node Book #2 and the upcoming #3 issue. In this essay @Lyndsey Walsh takes on a personal approach to embodying ferality through the lens of art practice that engages with their lived reality and queer crip positionality.

https://www.makery.info/en/2026/03/03/english-crips-cryptids-and-imaging-other-beings/

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L’artiste et chercheuse Stefanie Wuschitz a suivi l’ONG indienne Toxics Link à New Delhi, qui mène un travail de surveillance approfondi sur les liens entre déchets et contamination. Pour Makery, elle examine comment le travail des femmes dans les bidonvilles de New Delhi contribue à l’exploitation minière urbaine des déchets électroniques en recyclant manuellement les matériaux précieux.

https://www.makery.info/2026/02/24/english-immersion-with-toxic-links-in-new-delhi-meeting-the-kabadiwalas-upcyclers-of-e-waste/

Présenté en clôture de la Soil Assembly #3 à la Biennale Kochi–Muziris 2025, Lines to Follow – Soils to Gather est un projet collectif international qui emprunte les anciennes routes des épices, de l’Inde à l’Europe. Il articule récolte en forêt nourricière, cuisine communautaire, fermentation et transport maritime bas carbone dans un geste à la fois convivial, politique et écologique.

https://www.makery.info/2026/02/23/english-lines-to-follow-soils-to-gather-a-living-artwork-ferments-its-way-across-the-seas/

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Artist and researcher Stefanie Wuschitz followed the Indian NGO Toxics Link in New Delhi, which carries out extensive monitoring work on the links between waste and contamination. For Makery, she examines how the work of women in the slums of New Delhi contributes to the urban mining of electronic waste by manually upcycling valuable materials.

https://www.makery.info/en/2026/02/24/english-immersion-with-toxic-links-in-new-delhi-meeting-the-kabadiwalas-upcyclers-of-e-waste/

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An international collective artwork concluding the Soil Assembly #3 at Kochi–Muziris Biennale 2025 follows ancient spice routes from India to Europe, combining food forest harvesting, communal cooking, fermentation, and low-carbon sail transport as a convivial, political and ecological gesture.

https://www.makery.info/en/2026/02/23/english-lines-to-follow-soils-to-gather-a-living-artwork-ferments-its-way-across-the-seas/

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Soil Assembly #3 – Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India – Bastion Bungalow, 20-25 January 2026

Soil Assembly is an emergent trans-local network that organises assemblies to foster soil health literacy by bringing together local stakeholders, artists, scientists, and communities to experiment with creative, participatory approaches. Each assembly treats soil as both an ecological foundation and a cultural connector.

Streaming at https://soilassembly.net/

Alors que le programme Rewilding Cultures (2022-2026) du réseau Feral Labs touche à sa fin, @makery lance la publication d’une série d’essais tirés du Feral Labs Node Book #2 de 2024 et du prochain numéro #3. Le premier de la série est un essai de Kate Rich, fondatrice du légendaire projet Feral Trade et animatrice du Feral MBA, un programme de formation économique radicalement repensé pour les artistes et autres professionnels à Lakes Entrance, en Australie.

https://www.makery.info/2025/11/27/english-feral-by-occupation/