Extinction Book
Human destruction of the living world is causing a “frightening” number of plant and animal extinctions, according to a growing number of scientists, studies, publications, and reports. In the last century, the awareness that human activities are harmful to the environment, to life in general, including that of humans has increased. Wars, climate change, diseases, pollution, technological escalation, deforestation are just some of the threats that challenge the survival of the species. 30 photographers selected by Urbanautica Institute. More on: http://www.urbanautica.com
Human destruction of the living world is causing a “frightening” number of plant and animal extinctions, according to a growing number of scientists, studies, publications, and reports. In the last century, the awareness that human activities are harmful to the environment, to life in general, including that of humans has increased. Wars, climate change, diseases, pollution, technological escalation, deforestation are just some of the threats that challenge the survival of the species.
30 photographers selected by Urbanautica Institute.
More on: http://www.urbanautica.com
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The one represented in Hello Dolly is a near future in which humanity is lost and
all that remains is a frightening doll. It wanders in an apocalyptic scenario of
degradation and cement. The Earth is a pile of empty and abandoned buildings.
Dolly is the metaphysical protagonist inspired by the anthropomorphic
mannequins of Giorgio De Chirico.
Her body is an empty form without a soul, a case full of vaguely human images,
memories and sensations; an intellectual projection of man. Her anonymous
plastic shapes make humanity’s sense of bewilderment even stronger,
becoming a symbol of the consumerist era that has brought the world to its
knees, to its void.
Cinematic and literary suggestions are the basis of every image, in which the
strong reference to the sci-fi settings of Philip Dick and following dystopian
visions stand out. These are the symbols of consumerism. Stripped of their
function, they become totems worshiped by an inanimate doll, and showing a
cross-section of a future that is inexorably approaching.
Hello Dolly!
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