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Glass containers placed in a river. Inside you can discover elements of nature isolated from their environment. "Everything that isolates an object destroys its very reality" -Morin, 1996.

One cannot separate an autonomous being (self) from its bio-physical habitat (oikos), as oikos is inside the self, without which the self would cease to be autonomous.

Reintegrating our environment into our social consciousness. The hand-made white butterflies contrast with the vitality of a nature that comes to meet us.

The reflection, movement, and sound invite the viewer to question their individual relationship with their surroundings.

Recreation of a landscape in a time of global climate change. The main challenge is to show the importance to strengthen protection of nature.

This installation was constructed to mimic one of the most threatened coastal ecosystems: the natural mangroves of Colombia's waterways.