Naked Orb by Lorenzo Poli

This is an Earth, in which the atmosphere has vaporised, swallowed by galactic silence. Clouds have unravelled, their drifts blasted into nothingness. Where there was once a breathing dome, blue and infinite, there now hangs a dark void – a fragile orb adrift in space. Earth lies bare. On her once biodiverse body, only human geoglyphs remain, the fading relics of terrestrial ambitions. Naked Orb seeks meaning, visualising a planet bereft of its living veil, transformed over millions of years of symbiosis. The series is part of an 18-month metaphysical investigation into South America’s mining territories, seen through the lens of a European architect as he sought to engage with the spiritual dimensions of our epoch, immersing himself in the monumental formations of our time. In the cosmic silence, human presence narrates geological time through topographies of extraction, economic asymmetries and ecological neglect. Can these geoglyphs inspire a new era? One that honours Earth’s generosity and reshapes our ambitions?