Adrianna Szojda

Adrianna Szojda (b.1989, Poland) is a researcher, eco-farmer and cultural mediator who works mainly at the intersection of art, education and agroecology. She investigates human and more-than-human interrelationships, looking for possible ways of communication between species through plurisensoriality and non-hegemonic epistemologies. Her field of interest embraces ecofeminist education, food sovereignty and justice, regenerative practices and ways to create more-than-just-human communities based on care and collaboration. Currently lives and works in Maresme, Spain.

EDUCATION

Constantly learning from the fields, forests and orchards, human and more-than-human communities. Graduated in Art History from the University of Barcelona with the thesis "Beyond the human. Interspecies, plurisensorial and material communication in artistic practice" (2020). MA in Visual Arts and Education: A Constructionist Approach, University of Barcelona (2023). Courses is Ethnobotany (Tárrega, Spain, 2023) and Ecological Agriculture (San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, 2017-2018). She received a Complemento Directo scholarship from Hablarenarte and Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation (2022). Member of La Escocesa community since 2022.

ART PROJECTS, ACTIONS AND ACTIVATIONS

2023  Comando Compost – inauguration of the community compost; La Escocesa, Barcelona, Spain
2023  Poble Nou Covven – a collaboration with Jodie Chinn and Maria Roy; re-lligar; La Escocesa, Barcelona, Spain
2023  MESA#03: salt and micro-organisms - with Sonia Villar; La Escocesa, Barcelona, Spain
2023  B.A.R. (Burbujas Alquímicas Rancias) – collaboration with Sonia Villar in her project B. A. R.; Tallers Oberts Poblenou; La Escocesa, Barcelona, Spain
2023  Regenerative practices with and for a damaged world. Learning and inquiring with the land and the community – MA final project developed with and in the ecosystem of La Escocesa, Barcelona
2023  Ahora que el patio es bosque – (re)vuelta al patio; Condeduque, Madrid, Spain
2022 SPA for plants and other sentient beings - performative action during AFTER; La Escocesa, Barcelona, Spain

WORKSHOPS

2023  The faces of the soil – Cal Negre, El Prat de Llobregat, Spain
2022  Sensitive resistance. Care of seeds, soil, plants and other people – La Escocesa, Barcelona, Spain

The residency is a part of the project SAIR supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

Date of residency: 01.02.2024 – 30.04.2024