The project Neo-Natura on Gianluca Maver’s research explores how nature and human-made forms increasingly blend, overlap, and replace one another, both visually and metaphorically. Through photography, video, and sound, the project examines the transformation of organic processes under artificial influence, reflecting on ecological fragility and cultural shifts. Nature appears not as untouched wilderness, but as something shaped, intervened upon, and re-elaborated.
The project is composed of a photographic series, a video component, and an immersive soundscape. The photographs, printed in three consistent formats, one in 100×120 cm or in alternative 50×65 and one in 35,5×28 cm, examine natural objects in extreme close-up, almost as if under scientific observation. Their isolated presentation abstracts them from context, revealing a visual tension between what appears organic and what resembles synthetic matter. These forms—rooted in real processes—begin to evoke digitally generated artifacts, blurring the line between observation and simulation.
The video offers a complementary temporal dimension, presenting the photographed objects as if they were digital 3D models/objects of study, yet also objects of creation. Their slow rotation and dimensionality allude to the virtual, reinforcing the question of whether these are natural remnants, technological constructs, or something in between. The soundscape, developed through environmental field recordings and artificial sound manipulation, further contributes to this ambiguity. Layers of organic and synthetic audio blend into a single evolving atmosphere, reinforcing the project’s central theme: substitution, contamination, and the fusion of systems.
At its core, Neo-Natura is a philosophical and perceptual inquiry into transformation. It addresses the contemporary condition in which nature is no longer simply “out there” but increasingly internalised, altered, or re-performed by human systems—often without clear intention. The project reflects on ecological precarity, but also on perception itself: how we distinguish between what is natural and what is made, and how that distinction is no longer stable.
The work is particularly suited for installation contexts, where sound, images, and spatial arrangement can coalesce to offer an immersive, contemplative experience. Neo-Natura invites the viewer to reconsider not only their relationship with nature but also their understanding of form, temporality, and the evolving aesthetics of hybridity.
Neo_Natura, Profile # 1 of 3
Neo_Natura, Roots and metal, Montevarchi Ar
Fine Art Inkjet print, Edition of 3+3; 50x60cm and 100x120cm
Neo_Natura, Profile # 2 of 3
Neo_Natura, Roots and metal, Montevarchi Ar
Fine Art Inkjet print, Edition of 3+3; 50x60cm and 100x120cm
Neo_Natura, Profile # 3 of 3
Neo_Natura, Roots and metal, Montevarchi Ar
Fine Art Inkjet print, Edition of 3+3; 50x60cm and 100x120cm
Neo_Natura, Analisi #1 of 6
Neo_Natura, Analisi of Roots and metal, Montevarchi Ar
Fine Art Inkjet print, 35,5x28cm Edition of 7.
Neo_Natura, Analisi #2 of 6
Neo_Natura, Analisi of Roots and metal, Montevarchi Ar
Fine Art Inkjet print, 35,5x28cm Edition of 7.
Neo_Natura, Analisi #3 of 6
Neo_Natura, Analisi of Roots and metal, Montevarchi Ar
Fine Art Inkjet print, 35,5x28cm Edition of 7.
Neo_Natura, Analisi #4 of 6
Neo_Natura, Analisi of Roots and metal, Montevarchi Ar
Fine Art Inkjet print, 35,5x28cm Edition of 7.
Neo_Natura, Analisi #5 of 6
Neo_Natura, Analisi of Roots and metal, Montevarchi Ar
Fine Art Inkjet print, 35,5x28cm Edition of 7.
Neo_Natura, Analisi #6 of 6
Neo_Natura, Analisi of Roots and metal, Montevarchi Ar
Fine Art Inkjet print, 35,5x28cm Edition of 7.
Neo_Natura, Profiles and Analisi view
Neo_Natura, Analisi of Roots and metal, Montevarchi Ar
View of the series.