{"id":2775,"date":"2025-07-10T13:56:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T12:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studiodust.nl\/?page_id=2775"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:55:38","slug":"terroir-52-33%e2%80%b2-0%e2%80%b3-n-13-28%e2%80%b2-0%e2%80%b3-e","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studiodust.nl\/?page_id=2775","title":{"rendered":"Terroir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the research project Terroir \u2013 Engaging through Material with the Wild<\/em>,<\/a> I explored the concept of \u201cterroir\u201d\u2014originally used in the culinary world to describe how environment shapes the characteristics of produce\u2014and applied it to design education. Terroir<\/em> suggests that, just as when I eat a grape\u2014the minerals from the soil entering the grape and becoming part of my body\u2014material, landscape, and body are intertwined. Through material-based and situational learning, I explore pedagogical approaches.

The research project had different iterations:
2024, September Workshop: Terroir \u2013 Engaging Through Material with the Wild. <\/em>Minor Material Ecologies, Bachelor New Design and Attitudes, St. Joost School of Art and Design, Breda.

2024, October Workshop: Terroir \u2013 Engaging Through Material with the Wild.<\/em> Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam Bachelor Teacher Training Art and Design Education.

2024, October Workshop: Terroir \u2013 Engaging Through Material with the Wild. <\/em>Wei\u00dfensee School of Art and Design, Berlin. (see below)

2024, November Terroir: Engaging Through Material with the Wild<\/em>. Workshop for In(di)visible Infrastructures, Bridging Overseen Worlds at St. Joost Master Institute of Visual Cultures and Design Museum Den Bosch. CARADT. (see below)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024, November Online Workshop: Terroir \u2013 Engaging Through Material with the Wild. <\/em>Alfred University, USA, Master Ceramics. Ceramic master\u2019s students situated their practice within their local environment through material storytelling. They collected local clay, soil, minerals and fossils\u2014common to Alfred\u2014specifically engaging with Bennett\u2019s (2010) idea of humans as \u201cwalking, talking minerals.\u201d Gratitude to Dr. Wendy Gers for inviting me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Terroir: 52\u00b0 33\u2032 0\u2033 N, 13\u00b0 28\u2032 0\u2033 E<\/strong>
The workshop Terroir: 52\u00b0 33\u2032 0\u2033 N, 13\u00b0 28\u2032 0\u2033 E , kicked off the Semester at Weissensee Kunsthochschule in October 2024. Together with the students we explored the semester\u2019s theme \u201cof(f) white and transparent transformations\u201d, working with glass and clay \u2013reflecting on the materials, often sourced from distant places in pursuit of purity and perfection, prompted reflection on the values behind such choices. Embracing instead imperfection: collecting rotten pears, diving into trash bins, working with discarded materials and uncovering unexpected beauty in discarded and locally found materials. Instead of shaping the world to our ideals, we asked: what if we let the imperfect speak?

We set a dinner stage, tasted kaolin (the raw material of porcelain!) and shared fruits served on locally sourced objects. Through this, we became sensorially entangled with our environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Terroir: 51\u00b0 69\u2019 78\u2033 N, 5\u00b0 30\u2019 37\u2033 E<\/strong>
This workshop Terroir 51\u00b0 69\u2019 78\u2033 N, 5\u00b0 30\u2019 37\u2033 E, Den Bosch was part of CARADT\u2019s lecture series, \u201cIn(di)visible Infrastructures: Bridging Overseen Worlds Series.\u201d After visiting “Design for the Planet” @designmuseumdenbosch<\/a> \u2014an exhibition exploring geo-engineering and how humans have shaped the Earth on a planetary scale, rooted in ongoing colonial histories\u2014we took the conversation outside, whilst walking from the museum to the academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Through a guided walk, students from the Master Institute of Visual Cultures<\/em> gathered found objects and examined them closely\u2014under a microscope. Zooming in on textures and materials. What is available just around us? And what does local really mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ended with a shared lunch, aiming to use only ingredients sourced within 10 km of the academy. But is eating locally even possible today? For example the apple pie: Were the apples from nearby orchards? Was the flour milled just down the road\u2014or shipped from afar? And what of the cinnamon\u2014what (colonial) path did it travel to reach your kitchen? What lies behind this homemade local nostalgia?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the research project Terroir \u2013 Engaging through Material with the Wild, I explored the concept of \u201cterroir\u201d\u2014originally used in the culinary world to describe how environment shapes the characteristics of produce\u2014and applied it to design education. Terroir suggests that, just as when I eat a grape\u2014the minerals from the soil entering the grape and … <\/p>\n

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