The War in the Forest
Environmental crimes and deforestation have been normalized in the Amazon, including even the murder of those trying to defend the forest. Ultimately, all of our fates are tied to the fate of the Amazon. Mosse quoted United Nations Secretary General António Guterres when describing what he saw in the Amazon: “Humanity is waging a war on nature. This is suicidal.”
The artist characterized the area as having some of the most tragic landscapes he has ever seen, akin to a nuclear winter. The color has left the rainforest, the sounds have grown silent, and the landscape is filled with ash and the dead, burned bodies of primates, sloths, and other animals that tried to escape the fires.
