2017

Lumbricus terrestris

EARTHWORM

Earthworms not only cultivate the soil but also serve as a food source for many animals. The greatest diversity and abundance of earthworms are found in floodplains near rivers and lakes – in wetlands that regularly flood. Therefore, the 2017 Nature Concerthall locations were chosen in floodplain meadows.

Lumbricus terrestris

The underground is fertile. It is where plant roots reside, nourishing the plants above ground and, in turn, all living creatures. It sustains and supports everything on the surface, serving as the foundation for a house, the foundation for living Nature.

The dark underground is also inhabited by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. The earthworm, which has been nurturing fertility for each of us for countless millions of years. Emerging from marine worms onto land, it lost its memory of free waters, its memory of legs and eyes, becoming a moving part of the underground, giving the earth breath. The earthworm is a mother to plants – a nourisher of soil, a craftsman of coprolite stones, a burrower of earth, a drainer of rain and a pump of air for the soil. The lungs of the underground, invisibly moving the entire world in ways unseen by human eyes.

This is a story about what seems primitive to humans, what burrows the earth and forges coprolite stones. This is a story that Primitivism is a value!

Released:
28/06/2017

Dviete Floodplain, Ilūkste Municipality
Burtnieku ezers Meadows, Burtnieku Municipality

DIRECTOR Roberts Rubīns
SCENOGRAPHY Didzis Jaunzems
MUSIC Ingus Ulmanis, Andris Sējāns, Kaspars Tobis, Reinis Sējāns, Aigars Voitišķis, Anrijs Grinbergs
SCIENCE Dr.biol. Voldemārs Spuņģis