“Nearly Natural” is an ongoing project that stems from my experience of alienation in urban spaces. Addressing the thin line between naturalness and artificiality, I inject the idea of engineered space-making into image-making by digital manipulation and studio setting, showing a perspective of elevated city vision.
Pigeon is the witness, a feral resident of urban space, trying to find its way of life within the cement jungle. Natural elements become a visual metaphor for desire, reflecting a picture of fleeing from busy life — a compensation for reality. The real and the fantasy are thus placed together, making it difficult to determine which picture is the truth that I’m looking for, and whether notions of truth or desire are relevant.