About this Event
Join us on Saturday, September 28 at 1:00pm for Big Ideas in Art and Culture, Dark Earth Unicorn, presented by FASTWÜRMS.
Dark Earth Unicorn is a talk about deep soil intimacy, enhancing personal and social well being with the microbiome (Dirt XTC), and understanding the existential importance of the rhizosphere to all life on Earth. Dark Earth Unicorn is also a workshop about simple methods of making bio-char with pyrolysis, cost effective techniques for making aerobic compost/worm tea, and an introduction to high fertility (C.E.C.) fabric container growing.
From the indigenous pre-historic revelations of “Terra Preta de Indio”, to the revolutionary contemporary innovations of the Stockholm Biochar Project, Dark Earth Unicorn has profound implications for human futurity. Dark Earth Unicorn is fantastic and very pragmatic. Benefits include mitigating the climate crisis with carbon storage at scale, improved urban air quality, water and waste management, increased energy production, improved soil fertility and food security, increased biodiversity, and enhanced prosocial and emotional health.
Dark Earth Unicorn is transformative knowledge...... if you want to grow wealthy, healthy and happy in a world that is mutual, bountiful and beautiful.
Text courtesy of FASTWÜRMS, 2024.
Big Ideas in Art and Culture is Co-Presented by Musagetes and CAFKA.
Location: The Abraham Erb Grist Mill is located on Caroline St North, Waterloo (Google Map link). The mill is located at the entrance of Waterloo Park, just north of Dupont St West.
Artist Bio:
Recipients of the 2023 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, FASTWÜRMS is the cultural project, trademark, and shared authorship of Kim Kozzi and Dai Skuse, who create poly-disciplinary works of art that mix performance and performative events into the context of immersive installations, collective making and social exchange project. FASTWÜRMS are represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto.
Parking and Facilities:
Free 2 hour parking is located at Museum Lot, Waterloo Park (83 Erb St. W, Waterloo)
Washrooms and additional parking are available near Park Inn (50 Young St W, Waterloo)
Parking and washrooms are also available at the Waterloo Public Library (35 Albert St, Waterloo)
PARKING & WASHROOMS
Waterloo Public Library - Main Library
35 Albert St, Waterloo, ON N2L 5E2
PARKING
Museum Lot at Waterloo Park
83 Erb St. W, Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2
WASHROOMS
Park Inn, Waterloo Park
50 Young St W, Waterloo, ON
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Abraham Erb's Grist Mill, Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Canada
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