Society of Nature (SoN) is a curatorial platform that assembles multiple perspectives through artistic and design agencies. SoN aims to create awareness of other forms of knowledge production by investigating natural resources and organic forms and bringing them into a constellation of realities where human and non-human borders are blurred.

The online Symposium Where is Nature? was an introduction to the Society of Nature exhibition, that presented the work of seven international artists and designers: Alaa Abu Asad (PS/NL), Daniel Godínez Nivón (CDMX), Laura Ní Fhlaibhín (IE), Martina Taranto (IT), Michelle-Marie Letelier (CHL/DE), Sadra Wejdani (IR), Valentina Pini (CH) and with the participation of Yasmine Ostendorf (NL). The exhibition took place in June 2021 from the 3rd until the 19th at the OnCurating Project Space in Zurich.

Nomadic Shapes was in conversation with artist and researcher Michelle-Marie Letelier to explore about her project Caliche Crystals.

Michelle-Marie’s Caliche Crystals is part of a long-term project called Caliche Winds, which explores the historical trade and wind sailing maritime route of the natural saltpetre. This artwork explores a real-time perception of the dynamic and symmetric growth of sodium nitrate crystals and suggests a reflection about the molecular geometry of this resource, which has been subject to scientific controversy regarding its natural sedimentation.

Further information about SoN Exhibition here

Link to presentation here