mycorrhizal fungi

Lisa Kortschak

IT IS SOIL AS SUSTANANCE
SOIL AS AN INTERFACE
IT IS SOIL AS THE HERITAGE
AND SOIL AS HOME
IT IS SOIL AS A REPOSITORY 
SOIL AS A STORY 
SOIL AS A BODY
SOIL AS SOUL
SOIL AS THE SOLITUDE
         AS AN INTERLUDE
SOIL AS A TRANSLATER
         AS THE COMMUNICATER
         AS THE SUBSTANCE
         AS THE ABUSED
SOIL AS THE SORROW
         AS THE HOPE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
SOIL AS A MEMORY
SOIL AS A GHOST
         AS RESISTANCE
         AS THE HOST
IT IS SOIL AS RESILIENCE
IN THE FACE OF SUCH CHALLENGES      

      EARTH IS THE MOTHERDRUM
      SPEAKING EARTH AS THE MOTHERTONGUE
      ASHES TO ASHES
      MONEY MACHINE CAUSING SYSTEM CRASHES  

THE MONEY MAKER
THE DEAL BREAKER
THE CHAMPION
THE COMPAGNION
THE OTHER
THE SISTER
THE EARTH

SOIL AS THE EARTH BENEATH OUR FEET
       OUR REST IN PEACE
SOIL AS DUST TO DUST 
SOIL AS DESERTIFICATION 
      AS NO BOARDER NO NATION
SOIL AS AN EXPLOITED BODY
         AS THE SACRED LAND
SOIL AS A BATTLEFIELD
         AS KNOWLEDGE
         AS PART OF THE SOLUTION
         AS THE REVOLUTION

SOIL AS THE WORLD SAVER
              THE GAME CHANGER
              INTERCONNECTED
              SELFSUFFICIENT 
SOIL AS ENOUGHNESS
              IN YOUR FACE
SOIL AS WAR TO MONSANTO AND BAYER
         AS BIODIVERSITY
         AS GENDER EQUALITY
SOIL AS JUSTICE 
CLIMATE JUSTICE 

SOIL AS SCIENCE
SOIL AS WISDOM
SOIL AS AN INSTRUMENT
         AS A VOICE
SOIL AS DECOLONISATION
         AS A PROMISE
         AS A TEACHER
SOIL AS EMPATHY
SOIL AS A TRANSFORMER
         AS A WEAPON AGAINST DIVISION
SOIL AS THE VISION
SOIL AS THE CARE TAKER
         THE PEACE MAKER
SOIL AS THE SOURCE
HOLDING EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE

Lisa Kortschak

Lisa Kortschak ist eine in Wien ansässige Künstlerin, die Video, Sound, Musik und Performance in ihren Werken vereint. 2008-2012 studierte sie an der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien. In ihrer Praxis erforscht sie Felder, die zwischen digitaler Video-Ebene und Performance sowie zwischen Performance und Dokumentation liegen. Dabei verfolgt sie ihr Interesse an performativen Verschiebungen und unerwarteten Prozessen, die durch künstlerische Interventionen provoziert werden.