a garden, a forest, a city

a lexicon of three artists, birds, lizards, archeologists, landscapers, sirens

idea, texts and images: Andrea Popyordanova, Mar Ramón Soriano and Virgile Haëck

Graphic design: Andrea Popyordanova

2026 196 pp., ed. of 350 Languages: English, Spanish, French, Bulgarian and Galego

Soils marked by human activity are often perceived as sterile, yet they are living archives where ecological, historical and political dimensions intertwine. The publication A GARDEN, A CITY, A FOREST explores these fragile environments as reservoirs of new forms of habitability and reveals different practices of caring for territories.

Conceived as a contemporary cabinet of curiosities, it combines a multilingual lexicon, images and sensitive fragments to renew our understanding of soils and the living world. It brings together materials collected through artistic research conducted in three contrasting territories: the Bay of Marseille (marine environment), the Galician forests (forest ecosystems), and former railway and industrial lands in Sofia (herbaceous and post-industrial landscapes).

The book can be ordered by sending an email to for orders in: France: virgile.haeck@sciencespo.fr Spain: marramonsoriano1993@gmail.com Bulgaria/ Europe: andrea.popyordanova@gmail.com