I have never considered gravity as a tool until today. While walking I noticed a crow flying high in the sky with a morsel in its beak and felt sorry for the bird when it accidentally dropped its breakfast onto the concrete path below. The crow then landed and prying the cracked nutshell with its beak began eating the nut within. VClearly this was not an accident but a smart use of gravity as a nut cracker.
Observing this brought me to Katydom, a fictional world where insects, birds and humans coexist in peace and share the tools of life to farm and build their society. Katydom is also the subject matter of Maria Ramirez’s documentary that is now showing at the Fine Arts Film and Festival FAFF and streaming on Vimeo.
Behind the scenes - Maria Rarimez-Adams shooting the Insect Race