Creative workshop “Portrait of the Soil: a soil chromatography laboratory” for families with children

On Saturday 28 March at 13:00, the creative workshop “Portrait of the Soil: a soil chromatography laboratory” with the artist Arūnė Baronaitė, intended for families with children, will take place at the KCCC Art Yard, Daržų g. 10. During the workshop, soil chromatography will be carried out — a method that makes it possible to reveal visually the composition of soil and the chemical and biological processes taking place within it.

During chromatography, a soil extract is filtered through paper impregnated with silver nitrate — a light-sensitive reagent also used in photography. Under the action of sunlight and in reaction with the substances present in the soil, rings of colour, zones of diffusion and structures form on the paper. In this way the minerals, organic matter and traces of microbial activity in the soil become visible as unique “soil portraits”.

This practice makes it possible to understand soil as an archive in which the history of a place, the traces of life and its ecological condition are hidden. The workshops combine art, ecology and chemistry.

This version of the workshop is oriented towards experiential and playful discovery. Children and their parents will together carry out simpler chromatography experiments and watch how the soil “draws” patterns of colour on paper. The workshop is adapted to a shorter attention span — more emphasis is placed on observation, the joy of discovery and a shared family creative process.

The workshop is subject to a charge. Tickets are sold by Bilietai.lt. Ticket link: view tickets.

An adult accompanying children under 14 does not need a separate ticket.

Please note that participants may appear in photographs and video recordings of the event published in various media.