Illusions have the power to carry us back into that long-gone and deeply missed period of childhood, back when magic was commonplace. When the boundary between the possible and the impossible was blurred.
We don’t truly know how the mind is able to convert millions of tiny signals into the sensation of seeing. Yet, through the lens of optical illusion perception can be twisted and the mind can be tricked into seeing the unfathomable.
The surreal world of Wild Side plays with optical illusion to highlight the plight of British newts. With the smooth newt, palmate newt and endangered great crested newt seen crowded together in perfect tessellation.
Serving as an allegory for the challenges porous amphibians face with regards to their aquatic habitats. Which are particularly susceptible to contamination from pollution runoff generated by mismanaged agricultural and industrial practices.
Wild Side · London
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Wild Side · Berlin
