The exhibition A sounding of the Earth presents the Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid, whose work explores the many intertwined past and present histories of the Arabian Gulf. By linking ancient artefacts with today's global oil industry, Farid's work traces how eco- systems, cultures and life forms are shaped by political forces and extractive industries - but also how they testify to resistance and resilience.

Through large-scale sculptures and installations Farid reimagines ancient protective forms and materials to explore the ecological and social crises of our age. Drawing together artisanal and mass-produced objects she combines materials with seemingly different meanings - from blue faience with its 6,000-year history, to polyester resin, a by-product of the 20th-century oil industry. The contrast between them mirrors the landscape of the Gulf itself, where archaeology and industry coexist. Ruins and pipelines cut through the same earth, as archaeologists and oil companies dig for remnants of past civilizations and oil reservoirs. In this terrain, a landscape animated by excavation and extraction, Farid's works emerge, tracing the ways the past re- appears in the present.

At the Glyptotek Farid presents two entirely new versions of her earlier works Palm Orchard and Kupol LK 3303 Talisman, along with a large site-specific installation created for the Winter Garden at the Glyptotek. Together they form a sequence of protective objects and spaces that inhabit the museum architecture. Placed among the Glyptotek's own collections of migrated objects, Farid's works invite us to question the powers that determine the passage of bodies, artefacts and species across borders and time.