On 26 April 2025, artist Daniela Zambrano Almidón held a ceremony here in the garden of M.1, planting Blaue Anneliese, Heiderot and Rote Emmalie, different varieties of Andean potatoes – a practice rooted in the traditions of the Quechua people of Peru. The ritual included offerings to the earth, including flowers and beer, as a sign of gratitude and respect.

The planting was accompanied by a reading by the artist, who linked the colonial history of the potato and the colonial gold rush in Peru – Abya Yala. She addressed the exploitative dynamics of European colonial powers.

The planting gave rise to a moment of cultural negotiation: while the Quechua tradition calls for direct contact with the earth, the potatoes were planted using the no-dig method – without digging, under a layer of hay – due to the gravelly soil.

An unexpected event reinforced the symbolic meaning: one participant lost her grandmother's gold ring in the haystack – a return to the earth as a poetic coincidence.