Abstract
In the summer of 2023, a composting machine by artist Soichiro Mihara appeared in the KeMCobuilding. Mihara’s artworks and thinking approaches to organic cycles will be shared through the SDGs programme with Keio Junior High School andKeMCo. As part of this programme, we have begun“making soil”. Composting, such as waste reductionand recycling of resources, has recently gained popularity as an action that can be taken at home inresponse to social challenges for a sustainable future. In addition, the experience under the coronavirus pandemic has increased interest in the visible impactof invisible beings and cycles. It shows the trendtoward a culture of composting and fermentation through microbial decomposition has become prominent in the context of art and other cultures. In this paper, I will discuss contemporary artwork sand art activities concerning with soil, and report on the composting process at KeMCo as a pre-survey of the (creative) relationship with “soil”
