NATURA 2040

Authors

Hantao Li (Author)
Shuting Cui(Sound Design and Composition) (Co-Author)
Country

China
Duration

00:11:05
Production year

2024
AI generated

No
Categories

narrative
Video format

Other
Sound

Yes
Type

Artwork
Tags

Ecology, Nature, City, Agriculture, Sci-fi, Speculative Fiction
Event location

China
Rights

online: metadata and up to 10 stills

Natura2040 is inspired by Edward Wilson's Half-Earth theory advocating for half the planet to be reserved as nature reserves to combat ecological degradation and species extinction. It imagines an organization, Natura2040, which compresses farmland into two 100meter walls in Flevopolder, Netherlands, separating city from nature. This allows half the polder to rewild, aligning with the Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve. The project explores blending human-made structures with natural ecosystems, questioning the essence of nature on artificial land and the impacts of such ecological experiments