Lorenzo Zerbini's Voyeurismo botanico at art'otel Rome Piazza Sallustio Challenges Human Gaze on Nature

At art'otel Rome Piazza Sallustio, Lorenzo Zerbini presents his solo exhibition, Voyeurismo botanico, which is curated by Sofia Di Gravio. This exhibition delves into the cultural and political ramifications of observation and classification. Through the use of 19th-century herbaria, Polaroids, NASA images, and surveillance footage, Zerbini illustrates how vision shapes knowledge and the desire for ownership. Plants are depicted as active entities, both surveilled and documented. Drawing inspiration from Michel Foucault and Timothy Morton, he challenges the notion of untouched nature existing apart from humanity. His video work, Plant Supervision (2020–2024), shifts the narrative from humans to plants, while serigraphic prints on fabric from herbarium scans question the certainty of science, aiming to reshape views on the agency of the non-human world.