Almost Nature

For us humans, as creatures of nature who are also capable of culture, the sea is considered just as much as nature, as the (cultivated) landscape outside the city gates, while the agro-industrial fields are considered the opposite of both. Such a separation is subject to the power of esthetic infatuation that mythically separates what is consistently emerging in hybrid forms (as an irreversible interaction of nature and culture).

Is everything that surrounds us just 'Almost Nature'? Or is in fact everything (including human beings and their technical achievements) 'nature' only the idea and imagination of what it should represent for us, the reason for having to pose this question in the first place?

Our longing for a place that is nature — where not work, but the free stimulation of senses and sensation through natures capturing atmospheres is a priority —, dominates our discourse about nature and our human condition. By temporarily appropriating a billboard in the middle of the scenery that points out power plant constructions, my intervention and photographic series questions the widely accepted concept of nature where human beings are (mistakenly) excluded.

Almost Nature Panorama - Black and White

change to color

CREDITS

ALL IMAGES

Shot on Fuji Reala 120 medium format negative film except panorama (stitched from multiple digital images, 280 x 75cm). This project within the series has been made possible by the invite to participate in SilvrettAtelier.