What Is Left
by Gonçalo C. Silva
portfolio shortlisted call 'Urbanautica Institute Awards 2023', 2023
Category: Anthropology and Territories
The human experience of a place is inseparable from our prior knowledge of it, and from the relationships we seek to establish to the place in question. The Romans used the Latin term ‘Genius Loci’ – the spirit of the place – to define the indefinable; the genius of a place inhabited by man. It’s a series of mystical and often ephemeral characteristics that makes us feel we belong to a certain place.
My photographic project seeks to explore this idea of belonging, considering the possibility of feeling at home in places we would least expect to. More than finding answers, it’s interesting to raise some questions: What is the meaning of home? Can nature give us the feeling of home? Can we feel at home in a place we’ve never been before?
also from Urbanautica Institute Awards 2023