Human – Nature?
Human – Nature? is a project that shows the impact of human waste on ecosystems. The exhibition features garbage collected from the mountains of Ile-Alatau National Park by volunteers of the Wild Nature Volunteers movement. Soviet camping kettles and children's toys, vintage PEPSI cans from the '90s, tin cans from the '70s, non-degradable bottles, cigarette packs, and other artifacts of humanity's everyday life for the last 60 years.
Category
Social Impact
Art Impact Lab
Client
Kazakh National Parks
Impact
10 000 + audience reach
We've transformed our imagination into showcasing garbage as the primary exhibit, presented in the form of land art with an audio background.
Professional actors voiced the heroes of the exhibition. Garbage loudly complained about its fate - "How long will I be here?!", "I've been lying here for 60 years!" causing goosebumps...
The installation is integrated into the ground with barely legible information. So that you bend down, touch it, and look closely.
And see what you usually close your eyes on.
The decision to highlight the installation with a red light is a symbol of distress. Something that needs immediate attention.
I've been lying
here for
60 years!
The exhibition took place at the Ayusai Visitor Center before sunset. The audience attended a lecture on the interaction between people and nature and then walked to see the installation in action.
A wide audience visited the exhibition throughout the event. The lectures were supported by the ecological and volunteer communities. The topics were diversified, and a program of clean-up days was added.
Human –
Nature?
The exhibition even resonated with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
But our greatest inspiration is children. So many children visited the exhibition, slowly observing, thinking, and asking questions.
"Mom, these red circles reminded me of
an error...
Something needs to be fixed"