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In the Beginning (Contaminations)































Originally published in No Tokens Issue No. 10. View full issue & more.
If plants, animals, insects, and bacteria cease to exist, life on Earth will end; on the contrary, our planet will flourish if humanity disappears. Despite this scientific truth, human activities are increasingly modifying the natural world. This series has been created in peripheral areas where human encounters are rarer. But even in these places of social exclusion, anthropization heavily affects our environmental perception. By modifying the Earth, are we ruining God's supreme work, or are we creating our masterpiece?
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Adriano Marinazzo is a visual artist and scholar. His work focuses on the interactions between art and science, topics he taught at the University of Florence. In 2014, Adriano presented his work and research at the XIV Biennale of Architecture of Venice. Currently, he is the Curator of Special Projects of the Muscarelle Museum of Art. In 2022 Adriano received a pluriannual commission to create visionary video-art installations for the Integrated Science Center at William & Mary.