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All islands are mountains
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We live in the age of multi-tabs, binge-watching, and immediatism. We have instant
coffee, instant messaging, expressways, and speedy boarding. Travelling and arriving
faster than ever, we no longer have the time to understand what we are slowly losing
along the way. If all journeys are made of comfortable shortcuts, what happens to the
questions that arise from discomfort and uncertainty?
I faced this while observing the contrasts of the gradually evolving Madeira
landscape, where natural and constructed spaces are progressively being transformed by a
new Europe attempting to keep up with modern life.
This five million-year-old volcanic mountain that grew from a depth of around 4000
meters is now in its penumbra period, as it is neither slow and traditional nor modern and
fast enough to face this century’s challenges. That dichotomy is most evident in the rural
areas where, for instance, at the base of the new brutalist express-ways whose speed
prevented population exodus, we find old roads that wind around the same landscape
slowly and sinuously, keeping tradition in.
Knowing that I could be facing a perspective bias resulting from the correlation
between depth perception and the speed we travel through time, I decided to slow down
and equipped with a medium-format analogue camera, wander and wonder about the
power of stillness and what happens when we lose those questions that can answer what
remains unanswered.
The result is a visual exploration of the contrasts and complexities of these topics,
inviting the audience to slow down and reflect on the human condition and the impact of
speed and progress on our environment and humanity.
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Fotografia Photography . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades
Citation
Nuno Serrão (2023), “All Islands are Mountains”, TRANSLOCAL. Culturas Contemporâneas Locais e Urbanas, n.º 7 - Paisagens Vulneráveis, Paisagens Resilientes | Vulnerable Landscapes, Resilient Landscapes, Funchal: UMa-CIERL/CMF/IA. 10.34640/universidademadeira2023serrao
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UMa-CIERL/CMF/IA