# 4
Every image in the Alterlibrary collection is intended as a quote, an excerpt of a larger discourse. But every image also stands as a matter that could undergo a series of operations and alterations. Therefore, images are renewable sources.
Operations: Extraction and Collection. Image alteration: none.
The Variconi Oasis is A brackish pond recognized as a wetland of international importance. This particular image is uncredited and comes from the largest public archive available to humanity: an online image search. Despite the ecological significance of this wetland, very few wide-view photographs are publicly accessible. The aerial perspective in this case—almost schematic and abstract—offers a glimpse into a protected site almost looking like a geographical map.
Invitations to contemplate
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- We would ask to transform and reform the modalities of membership by which the city (cité) belongs to the state, as in a developing Europe or in international juridical structures still dominated by the inviolable rule of state sovereignty […] This should no longer be the ultimate horizon for citie …
Imagine an Ecosystemic Europe
This image has been selected as part of one of the collections of Alterlibrary, titled Ecosystem Europe.
In it, we find potential inspirations to imagine an Ecosystemic Continent.
In creating this collection, we reflected on the multiple principles that inform the life of ecosystems. We then asked ourselves how these Ecosystemic Principles might infiltrate our Imaginary, challenging our conventional ways of thinking and helping us envision new forms of coexistence and cohabitation within our societies.
Here are some of the reflections that emerged during the creation of ‘Ecosystem Europe.
of our Imagination
