'NATURE: A CULTURAL ARTEFACT'-GLORIA CEBALLOS

January 21, 2015

'Nature: a cultural artefact'-Gloria Ceballos.

Instituto Cervantes, London

12th February-13th March 2015

 

Nature: a cultural artefact * represents Gloria Ceballos constant research about the human relationship with nature as the centre of her practice.

As city inhabitants our experiences of nature are restricted to parks, gardens and other green areas within our cities: the “cultured nature”. We call green spaces a natural environment, when in reality they are human-controlled places.

In our aim to control everything, nature is classified, organized, designed, and theorized. The “three natures” concept studied for many authors since Cicero and developed by Landscape theorist, John Dixon Hunt is the focus of Ceballos latest series of work presented in this solo exhibition at the Instituto Cervantes in London.

 

*Nature: a cultural artefact is the title of Gloria Ceballos thesis presented at the Royal College of Art, London in 2015.

La naturaleza, un artefacto cultural* representa la constante investigación de Gloria Ceballos sobre la relación del ser humano con la naturaleza como centro de su trabajo.

Como habitantes de ciudades, nuestras experiencias sobre la naturaleza están restringidas a parques, jardines y otras zonas verdes, “la naturaleza cultural”. Denominamos espacios verdes a lo relacionado con lo natural, cuando en realidad son espacios controlados por el hombre.En nuestro deseo por controlar todo, la naturaleza es clasificada, organizada, diseñada y teorizada. El concepto de “las tres naturalezas” estudiado por multitud de autores desde Cicerón y desarrollado por el historiador del paisaje John Dixon Hunt es el objeto de trabajo de la obra presentada por Gloria Ceballos en esta exposición individual en el Instituto Cervantes de Londres.

*La naturaleza, un artefacto cultural es el título de la tesis presentada por Gloria Ceballos en el Royal College of Art de Londres en 2015.

 

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