Souvenir

“Souvenir” was created within the framework of the Klima Biennale Wien, a project promoted by KunstHausWien, and curated by Calle Libre. Included in the “(No) Funny Games” program, the work is part of a broader reflection that uses apparent lightness and visual appeal as a device to critically address the social and environmental implications of the climate crisis.
The artwork brings together layered narratives into a single tension, where the natural environment appears transformed and distant, no longer experienced as a shared system but as a controlled, almost simulated construct. This reflects a perception of nature emptied of empathy, in which the relationship between humans and ecosystems is reduced to a utilitarian vision.
An apparent lightness emerges through the gesture of play, which simplifies complexity and avoids consequences. In this sense, play becomes a metaphor for a superficial approach to deep and irreversible processes, contributing to a loss of awareness.
The presence of industrial materials such as plastic directly links human production to environmental transformation, presenting climate change as the outcome of altered relationships rather than an external event.
“Souvenir” functions as an image-synthesis, condensing memory, perception and responsibility into a simplified fragment, reflecting on the risk that urgent realities may be reduced to distant representations.