The intersection of nature, sustainability & care
- 3 days ago
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Alissa Alfonso’s solo exhibition “Weathering” brought art, joy, and biocentrism to the Miami Beach Botanical Garden this Fall. By making local plants and the South Florida landscape the subject, Alfonso’s artwork de centers humans, the unequivocal focus of Western art and culture since the Renaissance. Her work exemplifies biocentrism, an ethical framework that assigns equal moral consideration and intrinsic value to all life forms. Alfonso raises awareness about the climate crisis gently, not with blaring alarms, but with a subtle call for those willing to listen and slow down.
“Within us all is grief for what is happening
to our world…That’s because I belong.
That’s because I am part of the sacred
living body of Earth.”
- Johana Macy
