My artwork explores one of the critical consequences of climate change: wildfire. It seems a dreamy atmosphere, and the beauty of the flares flow. However, the archival footage broadcast the power of the blaze, in particular the destruction of the area where I used to enjoy part of my adolescence.
Through the camera zoom, the flames seem uncontrollable and uncontained, taking on a new perspective. The media’s macro and detached view becomes a personal and micro experience of a close-up of the danger.
I no longer have the opportunity to sit in that place where memory and experience made me who I am today.
I, therefore, invite the viewer to connect with these pristine green spaces and reflect on the climate concerns that could suddenly affect our lives and change them forever.
The subjects of my photography are mostly trees, branches and leaves. They are illuminated by a projector light that shows an image of fire. In addition, because fire is an unpredictable element in nature, I also included smoke as a sign of visual disruption.
Land artists and contemporary photographers helped me to find the visual expression for my project.
The project is my artistic response, based on my own experience, to the climate change crisis.
The heat of climate change reveals its power through wildfires. Dreamy images hide danger and worries.