Still Life – Natura Morta: the landscapes of proximity

Abstract

The social distancing does represent an oxymoron: how can there be distancing if what characterizes the very sociality is the proximity between individuals, and generally living beings? Comparable to living dead space (Todd R.W., 2007) or more notorious “still life” or “natura morta”, the paradox remains unsolved:  how can something like nature that is impregnated with life, be dead?