While since the dawn of time humans have always relied on divine fate, science has recently made us realise how much our choices are defining our future world. Faced with the dilemma of losing our immediate comfort or our long-lasting well-being provided by our ecosystems, we could wonder : Even though the production of ‘green energy’ encourages environmental destruction through rare earth extraction, can we still believe that technology will save us ? Or should we instead opt for enchanted sobriety ?

Combining personal narratives and landscape metamorphoses observations, Transcendence investigates on the emergence of a resilience culture made up of alternative ways of living, low-tech, recently protected recovering ecosystems, as well as dubious techno-solutionist innovations. Inspired by the photographer own doubts and reflexions, this project aims to depict a young generation lost between eco-anxiety and the desire to initiate deep changes. Through diverse visual experimentations and scenographic displays, as a solar lightbox, Cinzia Romanin’s glance invites to slow down, look around and reflect on our current and future decision impacts.