in the context of the exhibition Wir sind nie getrennt gewesen - jenseits von Natur und Kultur we're showing all three parts of melanie bonajos Night Soil Trilogy in original version with German subtitel in a row.

Night Soil is an experimental documentary in three parts showing the
huge disconnection most Western people feel to nature. In a semi-
documentary style melanie bonajo explores how people today tackle
feelings of fragmentation and alienation head-on. The central characters
in their videos are in search of new rituals, a different relationship with
nature and a reassessment of ideas surrounding gender, with the aim of
combating a gnawing sense of emptiness. It is far from rare for this to
involve an illegal and alternative way of life that exists outside the
established system. bonajo portrays this with passion and elegance, and
occasional bursts of absurdism, and they do not shrink from stepping into
view themself. Beneath a layer of humour and apparent chaos lurks an
ambivalent attitude to all kinds of technological and capitalist
developments in modern society. Semi-documentary scenes alternate
with hallucinogenic fragments that spring from bonajo’s imagination. They
are shaped by an intensive collaboration with the main characters. These
are mainly women, because bonajo believes their voices are insufficiently
heard even today.