‘Terraria Subterraneus’

is a collection of terraria that encourage building new relationships with subterranean ecosystems. The world‘s largest land reclamation project, ︎︎︎Flevoland , acted as the main context of investigation and is often illustrated as the ultimate terrarium. A human attempt to recreate a ‘natural’ environment where flora, fauna and matter have been added and maintained, distributed and manipulated to create profitable land. The work aims to highlight the importance of soil for all living species while addressing some of humankind‘s feelings towards the underground, feelings of uncertainty, fear, suspicion and disgust. Experiencing the complexity of soil is vital, but recognition of its vulnerability is perhaps even more so.