Who is Nature?
INTERACTIVE
During 2019-2020 I visited sacred sites in Mexico, Cuba, and Australia. During these encounters I asked community leaders “what does nature mean to you?” They all replied that nature is not a resource to be extracted but a living entity to engage in a relationship. Nature is not a “what” but a “who.” The film brings viewers to a Mayan sacred cenote lake and reserve in Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula, a medicinal forest in Havana, and the landscape of Western Australia as it is sculpted by the Aboriginal Dreamtime serpent Beemarra. Hotspot buttons within these scenes trigger interviews with the elders, together with maps and texts to illuminate their histories, cultures, and who nature is for them.
During 2019-2020 I visited sacred sites in Mexico, Cuba, and Australia. During these encounters I asked community leaders “what does nature mean to you?” They all replied that nature is not a resource to be extracted but a living entity to engage in a relationship. Nature is not a “what” but a “who.” The film brings viewers to a Mayan sacred cenote lake and reserve in Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula, a medicinal forest in Havana, and the landscape of Western Australia as it is sculpted by the Aboriginal Dreamtime serpent Beemarra. Hotspot buttons within these scenes trigger interviews with the elders, together with maps and texts to illuminate their histories, cultures, and who nature is for them.