SOIL: ATTENTION, DEPTH & MEANING - Menningarnótt 2026

We are living through a period of profound technological, environmental and social change. Amid increasing speed, overstimulation and uncertainty, questions of attention, meaning, relationship and belonging have taken on renewed importance. How do we remain grounded without withdrawing from the world? What allows depth, clarity and meaningful relationship to emerge within conditions that increasingly fragment attention and diminish the quality of experience? How do we cultivate the inner and cultural conditions that allow people and communities to flourish? Presented in collaboration with Norræna Húsið as part of Menningarnótt 2026, this project responds to their curatorial theme, SOIL. The project approaches soil not only ecologically, but also as a condition for nourishment, grounding, receptivity and depth. Through this lens, it explores how environment, culture and atmosphere shape perception, emotional life, relationship and meaning. It asks what nourishes attention, what deepe...