Residencies Insights [online] Being There. Oltre il giardino, talk by Residencies Alumna, Claudia Losi (Italy)

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Continuing the research started during her residency at NTU CCA Singapore in 2018, Claudia Losi reflects on Being There. Oltre il giardino (which literally translates from Italian as Being There. Beyond the garden) in the context of her practice.  Being There. Oltre il giardino is a long-term project that revolves around the concept of nature and the relationship between real and imagined places. At the core of the artist’s endeavours is the deceivingly simple question: “What is your idea of a natural place?”. Guided by this query, the artist is intent on exploring the complex relation between humans and nature adopting a relational and processual perspective. Through workshops and participatory formats, Losi is in the process of soliciting responses from a wide range of individuals. The contributions she has gathered so far show how our subjective understanding of “the natural” is invariably influenced by culture, age, language, geography, memory, and imagination. This growing collection of written and visual contributions will be brought together in an installation, an artist’s book, and a website.