Biotope

Biotope (from Ancient Greek βίος (bios) 'life' + τόπος (topos) 'place') is literally an area where life lives. More precisely, a biotope is an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific biological community. Taken in the broadest sense, a forest or sea could be a biotope but generally a biotope is often considered to be within the circle of human everyday life.

The works from the Biotope series are an attempt to visualize the idea of a large installation representing a “city” built of trash containers. The project deals with one of the most serious problems of the present-day world – the problem with the waste. Today, the waste has already not only pragmatic but cultural and social dimensions as well. The increasing consumption leads to increased environmental pollution. (The increased production is a result from the increased demand – consumption.) The consumer society is a waste society. The message of the project is quite clear and does not need special explanations: we leave so much waste after us that the place we live in, our “biotope”, turns gradually into a dumping ground thus limiting our outlook and our movements. The coping with the growing amount of waste has turned into a serious economic and social-political problem. It would be good if people reflect on these processes and on their personal attitude. I would refrain from further explanations, because I am convinced that an image reveals itself in a specific way that could and should not be completely verbalized.

Technical Part (Images)

The images are made using a computer and 3D software. That offers certain flexibility with regard to the modeling and environment making possible the creation of such a fiction. One of the advantages is that every scene could be prepared for printing with desired size and image quality.