What Resurfaces: Decomposition, Art, and the Ethics of Becoming Soil

Stop by Swale for a read­ing on decom­po­si­tion by Maria Patri­cia Tina­jero accom­pa­nied by a par­tic­i­pa­to­ry tex­tile bur­ial as part of the ecoart­space Soil Shroud Project. Mov­ing between sto­ries, soil, tex­tiles, and decom­po­si­tion, the gath­er­ing asks what becomes vis­i­ble when we attend to process­es of decay and return. Atten­dees will engage with dif­fer­ent ways of encoun­ter­ing soil — not sim­ply as mat­ter beneath our feet, but as a liv­ing field of rela­tion­ships, mem­o­ry, trans­for­ma­tion, and care. 

Swale is one of the 2026 Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence.