Where the earth no longer breathes, asphyxiated by layers of asphalt and concrete, narratives of a so-called “modernity,” we try, as best we can, to carve a path through the vastness of the city.

We, non-humans, clearly see the dead end toward which the massive artificialization of soils is leading, where concrete covers and sterilizes our lands, destroys our habitats, and disrupts our daily lives. Our voices rise. We demand the return of the living from the soil. We seek to raise awareness of the degraded, if not dead, state of our urban soils. In order to finally envision a form of mutualism favorable to the preservation of life.

With the help of a bio-machinic device positioned in the streets of Les Pâquis, we initiate the renaturalization of soils. Mushrooms and their mycelial structure consume soils polluted by asphalt. Pioneer plants, in turn, digest and continue the process of restructuring and renaturalizing the soils.

Little by little, our soils regain life and welcome a diversity of living beings: from microorganisms to springtails, soil mites, earthworms, flies, bees, butterflies, sparrows, pigeons, seagulls, fungi, plants, and ultimately humans…