You Don't Need Soil to Grow - Benedetta Ristori

The root of human beings and their relationship with the world around them are usually associated with the way people connect with their surroundings. Already in the past centuries, one’s own identity was perceived in relation to a sense of belonging towards the territories. According to the theory of “liquid modernity” proposed by the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, contemporary citizens live in perpetual metamorphosis in which interpersonal relationships and identities are subject to incessant changes. With the transition to modernity, phenomena such as urbanization and gentrification have altered urban topography, affecting the texture of communities and changing the ways in which people can interact with their surroundings. You don’t need soil to grow identifies Berlin as a symbolic container where these dynamics find their best expression.