Altered Nature brings together two artistic positions in which nature appears as an altered state: hybrid, moulded & superimposed. Between organic & constructed systems, processes such as growth, erosion & transformation become visible.
With ARDIF and Pixelpancho, Altered Nature brings together two concise positions of urban art that understand nature not as an image, but as a changeable, dynamic state. Both artists come from the street and urban art scene, in which organic forms, technical aesthetics and urban influences are combined in a special way.
At the centre is the idea of a nature that can no longer be thought of as untouched or idealised, but is shaped by human intervention, technological processes and cultural transformations.
In the works of ARDIF and Pixelpancho, nature appears as a hybrid system - simultaneously organic and constructed. While ARDIF's visual worlds often show biomechanical structures in which plants and machines merge into one another, Pixelpancho develops complex scenarios between nature, architecture and mechanical elements. Structures appear to have grown and been built at the same time, surfaces bear traces of time, memory, damage and repair.
Visual worlds are created that show less landscapes in the classical sense, but rather visualise processes: Growth and decay, superimposition and fragmentation, mechanics and abstraction.
The title Altered Nature remains deliberately open. "Altered" describes both physical change and a shift in perception - a nature that is filtered through technology, urban spaces and the imagination.
The exhibition is not intended as a clear statement, but as an atmospheric space in which different states of an altered nature come together and form new connections. (Source: Pretty Portal)
Exhibition duration: 30 May to 17 July 2026
