The focus of Natalia Kapchuk’s art is the beauty of the nature and the ecological threats the world is now facing.
The artist uses her art to champion causes that resonate with all of us, bringing our attention to the pollution and ills of climate change threatening our world today. The creative artistic process starts with extensive research on the topics of global warming, the pollution of the ocean through plastic and other destructive behaviors impacting nature.
As a result, the artist expresses the message that humanity should think more about environmental protections and the conservation of natural resources.
The Lost Planet collection of mixed media artworks emphasizes how the effects of human actions are changing and destroying nature.
“Plastic pollution is without doubt one of the major threats to our planet, and thus we need to tackle it through innovate angles. I believe that Arts have the power of touching people’s hearts, and that’s why we’re delighted to be part of Natalia’s exhibition and to help her to create an impact and to inspire many individuals to become change makers.”
— Juan Castaño Vilas, Regional Director, Plastic Oceans Europe, 2021
“The global environmental problems we face are caused by billions of individual acts and decisions — we are all in this together. Earthwatch, as a science-based organization works across sectors of society to motivate change through creating knowledge and inspiring action. Using art as a means of communicating the issues we face increases the numbers and diversity of people we can reach on these issues. We are therefore, thrilled to be part of Natalia’s exhibition.”
— Dr Neil Bailey, Director of Philanthropy, Earthwatch Europe, 2021.
Simulated Earth, 2022
Lego, Micro Scenes, Microchips, Acrylic Paint
Diameter 120 cm, Mixed Media
Personalized augmented realities and unrestrictive virtual worlds are only just a few of the byproducts witnessed in the ever-evolving realm of technological advancements. Given such progressive technologies, the questions posed are: what does the future hold as the 21st-century fully transitions into the digital space? Will such developments bring forth peace to our declining planet? Or will anthropogenic impacts continue to thrive undeterred?
As the lines between the physical and digital world increasingly blur, artist Natalia Kapchuk expresses this sentiment in her piece, Simulated Earth, symbolically portraying a world overtaken by AI and VR technologies. Creatively depicting our planet, the artist utilizes reclaimed and repurposed LEGO and microchip elements to construct the world’s continents. The LEGO pieces represent the human ability to build and design settings with the Herculean power of imagination while the use of integrated circuits evokes the modernization of future societies and underscores their significance in today’s growing tech.
Intentionally, Kapchuk positioned these unique elements atop an unilluminated black backdrop, dually illustrating the blank canvas that is one’s personalized world and the unfortunate destiny of our planet’s oceans and waterways— exasperated by destruction and riddled with plastic and chemical pollution; void of life.