Troika. Untertage

"Untertage" by artist collective Troika revolves around the question: What if salt, the first substance mined by man, had an agency and vitality in and of itself?What if Salt was a sentient being, able to sense and influence their environment? How would this change our understanding and the way we build the world? "Untertage" is an ongoing project by Troika comprised of writing, paintings, film and installations, which reimagines human history and its relationship with technological development through the lens of a non-human intelligence, Salt.Text: Eva Wilson, Mark Rappolt, Ariane Koek.