Who is Nature?

Our 360-degrees interactive film invites you on a journey to five Latin American and Australian sites of ceremonial exchange with nature.

The question “Who is Nature?” implies the natural environment’s vital capacity for agency and interaction. Around the world this vision of nature is shared by First Nation communities who have developed sophisticated mechanisms of give-and-take with lakes, plants, landscapes, and other natural phenomena. Nature is not viewed as a resource to be owned or extracted but rather as a living entity to respect and engage in dialogue.

Produced in collaboration with Suns of Mercury and Harmonic Whale, the film invites viewers to visit a Mayan sacred cenote lake and reserve in Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula, a medicinal forest in Havana, the Afrekete Afro-Cuban festival on Australia’s Gold Coast, and the landscape of Western Australia as it is sculpted by the Nanda Dreamtime serpent Beemarra. Interactive buttons within these scenes trigger interviews with elders and specialists, alongside texts to illuminate their histories and cultures.

Visit the Who is Nature? project to view the 360 degree film