Global Earth Hug is a participatory performance intervention that invites people around the world to connect with the earth, both literally and metaphorically. Through attentive movement, participants surrender to the ground: lying down, embracing the earth, and taking time to feel what it means to be held.
In this simple yet radical gesture, the body shifts from a controlling, acting subject to a listening, receptive presence. Participants photograph each other in this position and add poetic words. These images and texts are shared online, forming a growing archive that emphasizes that care for the earth is only possible as a collective, global practice.
The project aims to create an embrace of 40,000 kilometers—the circumference of the Earth. To achieve this, 24,242,424 people with an average arm span of 1.65 meters and one person with an arm span of 1.90 meters are needed.
This calculation makes the scale of collective involvement tangible and emphasizes that care for the Earth is only possible as a shared, global practice.
