Subterranean Voice is part of the Soil Art Tales exhibition, currently on view at the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal. February 11th to April 26th, 2026. The installation includes Lindt’s public participatory Sonic Rhythms Drawing Machine, several large scale paintings, and a live-listening station. Together, these works emerge from her ongoing practice of subterranean listening; attuning to the underground sounds of a changing planet.
The exhibition will travel to the National Gallery of Bulgaria, the Experimenta Biennial, and four additional European museums. Curated by Stefano Cagol, the project was made possible through support from the European Horizon Grant, SoilTribes, WAMU, UNICEF, and other partners.
Recognized for her innovative practice, Nikki Lindt is a pioneering artist working at the intersection of sound, painting, and environmental science. She uses sound and painting to make underground climate processes, especially soil and permafrost, perceptible to the public. Her installations, soundwalks, and paintings translate scientific field recordings into experiences that allow people to feel environmental change rather than perceiving it as data.
Her work has been featured in the Financial Times Magazine, CBS Sunday Morning and Sierra Magazine, and has been exhibited internationally at Serralves Museum, COP29, the United Nations and many others. Lindt is also part of upcoming projects like Soil Art Tales and a permanent installation at the Museum of the North.
Subterranea I, Beneath the Arctic Surface
Subterranea I, focused on subterranean acoustics recorded in the arctic, is Lindt’s first album in an ongoing series exploring the hidden sonic world beneath our feet. Recorded directly inside soils, sediments, ice, and permafrost, these tracks reveal the underground as a resonant, dynamic, changing and at times unexpectedly musical space.