CO(ndi)VID(ere) - Nature Reclaims its Rights
In March 2020, as half of the global population was confined to their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, wild animals started to reoccupy the space vacated by human beings. According to an AFP article, boars were spotted in Barcelona, a young puma ventured into the streets of Santiago de Chile and dolphins gathered in the Mediterranean Sea…
Every day during the early stage of the confinement period, I walked around Ottawa (Canada), which increasingly looked like a ghost town. During these walks, I dreamed up surreal urban landscapes in which animals had reclaimed their rights. The presence of exotic creatures non-indigenous to Ottawa in these pictures underscores the scope of the upheavals that we went through.
Featuring Google’s 3D animals, this augmented reality series – and the news events that inspired it – compels us to think about our environmental footprint and the space that we occupy at the expense of other living beings. Once things get back to normal, will we be willing to share (“condividere” in Italian) our habitat more equally with the animal kingdom?
Read MoreEvery day during the early stage of the confinement period, I walked around Ottawa (Canada), which increasingly looked like a ghost town. During these walks, I dreamed up surreal urban landscapes in which animals had reclaimed their rights. The presence of exotic creatures non-indigenous to Ottawa in these pictures underscores the scope of the upheavals that we went through.
Featuring Google’s 3D animals, this augmented reality series – and the news events that inspired it – compels us to think about our environmental footprint and the space that we occupy at the expense of other living beings. Once things get back to normal, will we be willing to share (“condividere” in Italian) our habitat more equally with the animal kingdom?
