Is it the end of the world or the beginning?
The world before COVID19 was not that it was so beautiful: hate, violence, inequalities, false values and false myths. Do we really want to go back to that ‘normal’?
A naturalized and no longer humanized daily life. Made of thoughts and disorder, trying not to go crazy and not to stop living, loving, fighting for change. Change what? We ourselves, together with the whole world.
Where to hole up though? Where to find comfort in order to face such a profound and visceral change?
In the nature . The nature of the chirping of the sparrows that populate Milan, of the jellyfish in the canals of Venice, of the crocodiles on the street in Los Angeles and of the foxes and wild boars that go towards the center of deserted cities. The grass grown between the cobblestones of Piazza Navona in Rome.
The world of Chris Morin-Eitner
What I would like to present to you today is a new world . You have certainly imagined it in the last few months, a completely uninhabited world in which nature reclaims its spaces.
There are artists who have worked for a lifetime carrying out imaginary projects of what the world would be like if the human being became extinct. One of these is the French painter and photographer Chris Morin -Eitner who has been asking the same question since 2012: What would cities be like if wild nature took over?
The project is called “Once Upon A Time, Tomorrow” and represents the great metropolises of the world populated by lions and parrots, as if “at the dawn of the XXI century, following an unknown event, humanity abandoned its capitals “.
The artist’s almost prophetic intuition tells “a sort of rediscovered garden of Eden, full of colors, shapes and poetry, where the hierarchy of straight corners and large empty spaces is replaced by the exuberance of nature, which grows in the most unexpected directions “.
Among the many cities stormed by vegetation and animals, the most suggestive shots are those of the French capital, Paris . The photos date back to 2012 and it was the first city to take part in this project.
Shots that offer a tropical jungle-style view of the city, from the Arc de Triomphe to the Moulin Rouge and the La Défense neighborhood. Only its emblematic monuments still allow us to distinguish the capital of love .
These photographs immediately bring us back to our current situation: where did the man go? Did we go to colonize other planets after running out of ours? Have we built even bigger cities and abandoned the current ones that have gone out of fashion? Are we safely installed at home with the Internet and our 3D printers without having to go out?
The future imagined by Eitner however, is not today . Nature gives man yet another chance, just as it does with first love. And we’ll have to be smart enough not to tease her.
Courage has always been scary. The fear of what will be, of our future is certainly well rooted in each of us, especially in young people. Projects that seem to be going up in smoke at any moment. On the other hand, how can we forget our “denatured” nature that makes us so inclined to never stop?
The company invites us to be courageous, starting again to produce and grind new ideas, being careful not to let ourselves be pervaded by the feeling of freedom found that could result in excesses of any kind.
One thing is certain: we will return to live without losing even a minute. We will look for the value of time within ourselves, now aware of the true nature of things. Unpredictably ephemeral .
None of us know what will happen but surely there will be changes. Is this the beginning of a new era also for fashion streatwear?
