Spatial Investigations - Growing Enclosure

Growing Enclosure was photographed over several years in the same small enclosed courtyard. At first, the space was almost bare: concrete, corrugated metal and a few scattered plants. With each new session, vegetation slowly spread, gradually transforming the enclosure into a dense, living environment.

The project began without a predefined narrative. The changing landscape emerged naturally through time. Returning to the same place became a way of observing how a living environment quietly alters the body's relationship to space.

The models were never asked to perform specific poses. Each session remained an improvisation shaped by the physical conditions of the site. As plants occupied more of the courtyard, gestures adapted in response. The body no longer moved through a fixed architecture but through a space that was itself evolving.

Rather than documenting a place or a series of performances, Growing Enclosure records the encounter between bodies and an environment in continuous transformation.

An empty enclosed courtyard with a corrugated metal wall is beginning to fill with weeds and climbing plants.
A nude woman sits centered on a low ledge before the corrugated wall of a sparse courtyard.
A standing nude woman crosses one leg and folds her arms against the industrial metal backdrop.
A nude woman extends her limbs in a suspended, dance-like gesture before the corrugated wall.
A woman stands near the metal enclosure as young vegetation enters the frame from the left.
A woman raises both arms overhead while plants spread around the edges of the enclosed courtyard.
A nude woman turns in profile beneath encroaching foliage, hands gathered near her head.
A seated nude woman rests on the ledge as broad leaves occupy the foreground.
A distant figure extends both arms from behind dense plants that increasingly conceal the metal wall.
A nude figure stands within thick foliage, the courtyard architecture partly hidden by vegetation.
A woman stretches both arms outward before the corrugated wall as plants cover the ground below.
A nude woman arches with both hands near her head in the increasingly overgrown enclosure.
A woman crouches low in profile before the metal wall and a carpet of weeds.
A standing figure faces forward in the enclosed courtyard, framed by vegetation at ground level.
A nude woman crouches among dense leaves and branches, nearly absorbed by the living environment.
A nude woman stands with arms crossed as thick greenery surrounds her body.
A nude woman steps forward through the overgrown courtyard, framed by leaves and tangled vegetation.
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