NATURE: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

We need nature - the urban society firmly declares. As a result, nature is everywhere: the dentist's waiting room is a palm beach (wallpaper), the concrete balcony is green with grass (plastic) and there is a rainforest in the conference room (wallpaper again). It's copyrighted material, of course, but who will question whether the author and first owner, i.e. Nature itself, has given permission of use? Sebastian Mulder skillfully juxtaposes visuals of luxurious nature (static or moving) over dull concrete-and-steel urban images until it becomes difficult to tell the imitations from the real thing. Although the author claims that the conclusion is left to the viewer to draw, one cannot refrain from wondering nonsequitously whether the fake plants will die when one stops pretending to water them. (Adina Marin, BIEFF 2018)