Stonecrust: The Microbeplanetary Infrastructure of Lithoecosystems

Stones are often seen as the opposite of life, but they are not. Stonecrust mobilises the very thin crust of rocks as an interface where the relationships between the microbial and the planetary can be rearticulated and atmospheric carbonisation can be confronted. The litho-ecosystems of stone crust have been nurtured and worshipped by Indigenous cultures. Far from destroying buildings, these litho-ecosystems are crucial contributors to the structural performance of ceramic and stone infrastructures. Stonecrust affirms the surface of stones as a planetary extensive site for transspecies mutual care.