Leaf on Grids

Art historian Rosalind Krauss proposed in 1979 that grids are what define modern art —or further, what separates artistic objects from those which are not. Who is to say though that nature cannot also use grids as canvas? During her autumnal walks, Nuria noticed that many leaves would fortuitously fall over the pavement lines. She’s convinced that images like the ones she captured are a poetic response from nature to Krauss. She sees each leaf composition as a counterwriting that, emulating the structure and rhythm of visual poetry, ironically points out that nature too creates concrete poetry. 

Nuria is a PhD student in the department of Spanish & Portuguese. Her research sits in the intersection of environmental humanities, intermediality, and archaeologies of value. A firm believer of creative academic writing, she aims to expand institutional language and practices through textual experiments. She also writes speculative fiction.