Alex Toland

Dr. Alex Toland is dean of studies and professor for arts and research at the Bauhaus University Weimar, where she directs the Ph.D. programme in art and design. She was recently elected chair of the international IUSS Commission on the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Soil Science and has published widely on artistic contributions to soil protection. In her artistic practice, Alex explores social and cultural issues of urban soils and plants and more-than-human relations in the Anthropocene. Her work has been exhibited at Ars Electronica, the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden and Art Laboratory Berlin.