Soil from Nowhere

​Soil from Nowhere is a group collaboration that stems from a shared interest in public space, redevelopment and the city. Based in New Cross, Soil from Nowhere discovered a site named the Besson Street Triangle. Twelve years ago, 350 council homes were destroyed to make way for plans which are yet to be fulfilled. Since then it has stood derelict. The site no longer has a postcode. As it stands, it is nowhere. A performance using soil from nowhere was devised and staged in five boroughs across London: Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Southwark and Lewisham. Here, soil that would never have otherwise left the confines of a place from which the public is excluded, was carried and distributed throughout concrete urban sprawls. In doing this, we provoke thought and discussion about green spaces, community and development.