The conceptual separation between nature on the one hand and humans on the other has destructive consequences. We know ‘nature documentaries’ as a genre that confirms this old paradigm. But what happens if we let go of this separation in a nature documentary? What if human structures are not left out of the picture, but are part of it? And what do we see when a nature film is not about a coral reef or rainforest, but about a building? Audiovisual artist and writer Werner de Valk (NL) tries to answer these questions by following a building, the Boomtoren, through the seasons, for one year. The resulting post-human nature documentary will be shown in 2026.
Werner de Valk (NL) is an audiovisual artist and writer. He seeks new interactions by exploring the relationship between self and environment, with a focus on sound and landscape. He creates films, video installations and auditory performances at the intersection of art, technology and science. Werner de Valk grew up on the island Ameland, studied psychology and neuroscience at the University of Amsterdam, and unstable media at the Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy.
