Natur-e

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A visual diary of confinement in nature

 

Natur-e emerged in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, during a trip through the Argentine Patagonia that unexpectedly turned into a vital experiment. Faced with the global shutdown, I decided not to return to Buenos Aires and to remain with my daughter Lara in a small mobile cabin, isolated in the forest for nine months. That experience marked the beginning of a deep connection with the natural environment and gave birth to this project.

 

While much of the world migrated to the virtual —school, work, relationships— our daily life unfolded in a kind of reverse logic: physical freedom, connection with nature, and digital disconnection. Yet, the omnipresence of virtuality still reached us. A question became inevitable: how can nature be represented through the lens of the digital? What shapes and colors would it take on?

 

From that question, I developed a series of nocturnal images that blend organic elements with visual codes from the digital world. I used fire as both a lighting tool and a transformative metaphor: a three-meter torch allowed me to intervene in landscapes and domestic scenes with incandescent traces. Words written in the air with flashlights evoke a digital vocabulary inscribed into the natural world.

 

Natur-e is a visual diary of that suspended time. It documents our adaptation to a new territory and a new way of inhabiting the world, exploring the relationship between body, technology, and landscape. The images, created from an intimate and performative gaze, capture an expanded dimension of daily experience: somewhere between childhood, nature, and transformation.