Will we have existed only as an idea, a forgotten dream, the archeology of an emotional landscape whose dying wish was to mourn itself? Even disappearance requires a point of view, a chronology, and a set of values; raising questions about the psychological borders between domestication and wilderness, our own simplified way of affirming or denying our relationship to Nature.
Although there has always been an exchange between bodies and ecosystems, we have never possessed the ability to perceive a non-human perspective. And while we yearn to talk about this otherness that is beyond our grasp, perhaps we can draw on our nostalgia for the unknown to glimpse its essence; an evasive key to comprehending our ephemeral place within the universe.
Amidst our communal grieving for Nature is a prevalent sense of the uncanny: a provoked pain witnessed and felt by both the individual and community that elicits fear on a personal and familiar level, but at its peak implies extinction.
Maybe our voyage is just a homecoming, a simple affirmation of our return to Nature, but still the question remains: Who will be here to say we’re gone?
Performers: Javier Olivera, Celia Argüello
Cinematographer: Ivan Gierasinchuck
Sound Design: Jenn Grossman
Specs: 15 minutes, Multi-Channel Video & Sound Installation
Location: Patagonia, Argentina
Date: 2023
