"NATURE IS STORED IN A WAREHOUSE COMPLEX"
Created by Finnish Artist
Ilkka Halso
Finnish artist Ilkka Halso digitally manipulates photographs of pristine landscapes by inserting extensive pieces of infrastructure. His recent works depicts massive constructs of man built to preserve nature, as if in a museum or theme park. Is it pessimism or prophecy? Only time will tell.
"My work deals with man’s ambivalent relation to nature. It is typical for human beings to mold nature, justifying their actions by their aesthetic and economic aspirations. But nature cannot endure everything. In my photographs, control over nature has acquired a concrete form. The elements of nature have been rethought and have, for logistical purposes, been packed into modules that are easier to handle. The whole of nature is stored in a gigantic warehouse complex and the most common types of nature from soil and flora to fauna can be easily assembled into working ecosystems. What is happening? Has nature been evacuated to await better times, or has it been simplified into merchandise and absurd tableaux? I am looking into the future. I don’t like what I see."
