Common Ground
Aug-Sept 2013
Wander invites Swiss artist Lorenz Olivier Schmid to develop Common Ground; an exchange project to produce both conversation and compost by the artist and his audience together.
Wander is a cross-disciplinary research residency program in The Hague, The Netherlands. Currently we have paused our program, in order to explore new strategies for the organisation.
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Aug-Sept 2013
Wander invites Swiss artist Lorenz Olivier Schmid to develop Common Ground; an exchange project to produce both conversation and compost by the artist and his audience together.
During his stay as an artist-in-residence Lorenz Olivier Schmid explores the social and sustainable qualities of composting for the idyllic Nutstuin in The Hague, a city where composting is not common just yet. Lorenz collects organic waste in The Hague, meets with local experts to reflect on his research and designs a sustainable compost bin for collective use.
Comparing the biological process of fermentation with the creative thinking process, Lorenz explores a metaphorical approach to composting. Brainstorming could be seen as the fermentation of ideas, opinions and thoughts to eventually find common ground.
Common Ground was a collaboration with Haags Milieucentrum en the Nutshuis.
