Turbulences & disturbance

The other side of nature (Anomalies)

This idea of a purity so pure that it seems forced to a maximum degree begins to change in the Turbulence (Turbulencia) series, 2008, and in Disruption (Perturbación), 2008, where accidents, flood and fire seem to have affected an idyllic, positive conception of nature. Here, a certain deliberate fragmentation in the scenes is combined with other more panoramic images. The Kantian concept of the sublime returns, now dynamic, joined to a force of nature that is at times hidden or dormant only to arise unexpectedly and become destructive, both to itself and others. This is the case of, say, a flood or a fire, whether artificially or naturally occurring. That is, the cause of most of these processes is nature itself.

Mercedes Casanegra
Fragments of the essay The other side of nature (Anomalies)