Serena Porrati - Fondazione Antonio Ratti

CON TEMPORARY HILLS
2010-2012, series of 80 b/n digital photographs
Temporary-hills rise from the ground as signs of the ongoing human activity of land-use and landscape moulding.
These small or wide man-made forms, inadvertently become islands of biodiversity, habitat for a fast-growing vegetation; a possibility for the city
wilderness to thrive. They originate and last for weeks, months or years, depending on the economy of the territory or local political implications.
They eventually become a recurring but not codified element of whatsoever urban landscape. Their simple shapes, always different, suggest an idyllic,
ancestral landscape.