The work-stay: Reykjavik

Johanna Seelemann and Fiona Raby at Nordic House

Linking agricultural futures with design research in her project, Johanna Seelemann met with Fiona Raby, her mentor, at the Nordic House in Reykjavík for a work-stay in early November to explore ideas and possibilities for a seemingly strange new world.

Seelemann's project, titled De agri cultura, takes a transformative approach to farming through speculative design and other-than-human perspectives. Through this project, Seelemann seeks to find out what might it look like if a society focuses on cultivating and protecting healthy soil to withstand extreme weather conditions?

In early November 2024, Johanna Seelemann and Fiona Raby convened at the Nordic House in Reykjavík to explore these questions in the extreme landscapes of Iceland.