Associations

The main focus of the work is elusive boundaries of human civilization. Images question human influence on different landscapes and transformative characteristics of cultural and natural areas in Heimdal. The aim is visualizing Crutzen's term of antropocene in a different way. Also, Humboldt's approach towards hybrid identities of landscapes another shaper of my perspective. Humboldt scientifically asserted the components of the heath for the first time. Heat is actually association of four different species; erica tetralix, vulgaris and two lichens. Humboldt's findings show there is no singularity in the planet. Then I started to think associations between human and figures of the landscapes. In this era plants and animals as figures and human as the shaper of the landscapes are deeply associated with each other more than any other century.

Various road construction visuals that depicted in Heimdal represent association between human and nature by using two different colors; blue and brown. Bluish shades are color of human made construction materials and browns are color of soil which is predominant color of nature. In the photographs these two colors blend in various ways and constitute an association between two natural components. Association of these colors in various levels creates multiple shades and forms. The ongoing process symbolizes merging process of nature and culture and question relationship between them. The process regenerates the soil and evokes idea of “neosoil” and/or “neonature” because the soil that depicted in the photographs looks different than before.

In the light of Humboldt and Crutzen's findings there is no singularity on earth, parallel to their scientific approaches the aim is creating a visual narrative of associated identities. Moreover, I strongly believe that my approach change view towards nature and its components because we still distinguish urban and rural in our daily dialogues. My aim is interrupting spectator's point of view towards components of nature. Photographs manifest composite identity of landscape by using construction processes in Heimdal. These constructions are significant for me, for the first time I noticed an association between human and nature distinctly because of the strong contrast between colors of soil and construction materials. And blending of them reminds me Rachel Carson's term of the Great Inside which explains globalization of human mark and end of belief towards untouched nature. This site specific project highlights relevancy of association by showing two colors and their countless shades. Therefore, this is a visual story of the soil. Soil as a component of nature carries a piece of human mark and this circumstance motivates trajectory of the practice.