This project is an invitation to reflect on the relationship between animals and humans, specifically looking into the intrusive and damaging impact humans are having on the living environments of most species on Earth.
In April 2023 a human was killed by a bear in northern Italy while running in Val di Sole, Trentino. This tragic event, together with the most recent shooting of the bear Amarena in Abruzzo National Park, is highlighting once more the need for new and improved regulations for interspecies cohabitation. It is the animals’ turn to implement new solutions.
‚Amarena, Human Repellent for Animals’ is a newborn organisation that designs and distributes products to improve livability in the forest by keeping humans away.
Meet the first product. Amarena, Human Repellent for Bears.
‚Amarena, Human Repellent for Bears‘ is presented in a single channel video in “animal instinct/ instinct animal” a group exhibition on show at MBAL Museum of Fine Arts in Le Locle (Switzerland)
The collective: Michele Salati, Nuria Krämer, N&MS, Pierfrancesco Celada, Yiannis Loukos, Edu Torres
2023, single channel video