WORKS ABOUT DIY TEXTS
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Regenerative Essays for Landscape Restoration (Counter-Scarecrow).

Attire for Inter-species Mediation with Alimentary Functions.
Video still from the Collaboration Recruitment Announcement.
Me, you, the other, the air between us, and all that once was.
2023

The wearable sculpture that feeds birds embodies a regenerative gesture towards landscape restoration. Designed as a feeding station for birds, the sculpture is worn by a participant who, for moments each day, becomes a living meeting point between human and non-human life. She remains still yet moves gently with the wind, emulating a tree's quiet resilience.

This action transforms the human figure into a bridge for symbiosis, offering birds a place to feed and perch, challenging the exclusionary logic of traditional scarecrows. Instead of repelling life, this counter-scarecrow invites connection, symbolizing a shift from anthropocentric dominance to interspecies care.

"Augúrio" refers to an ancient practice where the behavior of birds was read as a form of communication, signaling what was to come. In this context, the birds' presence and movements are not random; they embody a natural language, offering insight into the future. The act of observing becomes a way of attuning to the rhythms of nature, where the future is not predicted through speculation, but through a deeper connection with the present elements. The birds, as intermediaries, reveal a continuous flow of time, not as a fixed path, but as a dynamic unfolding of possibilities.