2025
~ Michał Krawczyk
The term ‘more than human’ highlights and enhances the agency of all elements, beings and non-beings beyond anthropocentrism. In relation to landscapes, this point of view recognises the interconnected fabric of life and non-life that sustains and transforms them. In this sense, landscapes are understood as relational spaces of interdependence.
“The Forms of Landscape” is a cinematic exploration of a permaculture designed landscape in the Nocella River bioregion in Sicily, Italy. Permacultural design offers a localised response to various ecological, climatic and sociopolitical aspects that characterise a landscape. Its systemic methodology draws inspiration from contemporary ecology, traditional and local ecological knowledge, to guide activities ranging from water collection to waste management.
Adopting an ethic of reciprocity, and inspired by more-than-human perspectives, “The Forms of Landscape” seeks to decentre and reposition the human designers as part of the larger landscape. Through the art of moving images, the film aspires to promote a more interdependent and ecocentric worldview.
Screenings
The Visual Anthropology Exhibition (Guatemala / 2025)
12th Digital Storytelling Conference ‘Lives, Voices, and Knowledge in a World on Fire’ (Brazil / 2025)
Conceptualising Environment(s): Continuity & Change (UK: Liverpool University & British Academy / 2025)
Environmental Conference of The Humanities (Canada: University of Lethbridge / 2025)
Cross-Pollinations (Canada: Université de l'Alberta / 2026)
Over/Flows (Canada: Northwestern University / 2026)
MAKE (Canada: Affect Society / 2026)
TAKE CARE. Planetary Landscape Architecture (Netherlands: ECLAS / 2026)