The natural world becomes decidedly more disco than its true life appearance in the works of Marco Walker. The London-based photographer is currently showing Power Plant at London’s The Dot Project.
The photographic collages shown in Power Plant both celebrate and warp nature, revelling in its vibrant tones and diverse surfaces, while also throwing off many of its attributes for an altogether more plastic look.
Some pieces are postcard-like, pink and orange sunsets providing the backdrop for rainbow-coloured birds and mighty fan-shapes leaves. At times the material of Walker’s photographed objects creates confusion — in one work natural cactuses mix with ones apparently formed from paper, surrounding the sculpture of a lion. This is nature in the hands of man, twisted and exaggerated to suit our whims.
The works pick up on the fact that over 90% of the biomass on the planet is plant life, fellow living things that we feel very much in command of, yet that cover so much of the earth, and are responsible for so much of our environment and the very air we breathe.
As the artist says: “My aim through this series of images is to celebrate the beauty of plants and while doing so, remind us of the part they play in our existence.”
‘Power Plant‘ is showing at London’s The Dot Project until 2 October
