Micro-Landscapes of the Anthropocene

Response to Chimera

The photo essay investigating the chimera has a distinct sensation that a hybrid organism is humanity stepping past its natural limits and impacting nature in a manner that can only be negative. The quote by Piccinini reinforces this: “nature is such a wonderful thing, we're just here to witness it, it's not here for us – genetic engineering, changing the body.” 
At this point in time it seems more likely that humanity will accept the ‘chimera’ than humanity reconciliating its current relationship with nature. We are currently moving faster towards adapting and engineering nature in such a way that we can control the lives of everything around us, likely at a devastating loss, than we are towards creating a positive and sensitive relationship with the world around us.   
 

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