FEAR IN TRANSFORMATION
for Numéro

Lightning and thunder clatter on the mountain. Structures appear alienated, are in a state of constant change. The room seems intangible, and fear is spreading in the minds of the population. The power of the mountains pushes people into a dependency gradient with unequal forces. In the constant struggle of the mountain dwellers with the elements of nature, scenic impressions are combined with supernatural ideas. They regard special phenomena in rock and nature as transformations. Through the personification of their properties in combination with the consideration of animal transformation and adaptation arts, the concrete idea of demonic fantasy figures arises. A real fear projection forged by the power of nature within the human consciousness. It lets people strive for a metamorphosis into bogeys, in which attributes of transformation, such as changing skins or furs, are taken up. This creates a connection between the human and the phantom in order to obtain its help.

Driven by the acceleration of modernity, people begin to build ever more massive huts to distance themselves from the transformation of nature. The dependency gap is shifting, and modern techniques are exploiting the mountain more and more in order to intensify mining and mountain tourism. The former fear of the mountain is transformed into fear for the mountain. Even if technology could be used to reflect on the past symbiosis with the phantom, so that there is a profit for people and nature. Blinded decisions guided by fear and multiplied by greed!