Artists: Methas Chantawongs & Rawan Abbas
Project mentor: João Roxo
Modality: textile animation | sound
If true nature doesn’t mean only sky, sea, or tree, but things that infiltrate us spiritually, physically, and abstractly all the time then are we not constantly interacting with nature no matter where we might be?
Our surroundings are constantly changing. Structures being raised and demolished, the earth gets hotter and hotter, new roads are made and bridges built, genetic modification of living things. There doesn’t seem to be a clear distinction of where man’s intervention begins or ends.
We have found that this feature of integration – of different elements compiling together to form a diverse environment – manifests itself in how we self-organize. This project aims to reproduce and examine that dynamics by interweaving two different mediums through collaborative work. Textile and digital media come together to make this animation that is inspired by the richness of life; its small and big movements, its spaciousness, its corners, and its multi layered construction.
Nature couldn’t be without living, and living couldn’t be without nature. It is a very simple thing that manifests itself around us all the time.
*This work was produced during emptyroom.art’s online “Nature” residency.
Artist | Rawan Abbas 