# 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.
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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 …
why did I collect this image
The Oasi dei Variconi is located along the Domitian coast in the province of Caserta (Campania, southern Italy) and is classified as a wetland of international importance recognized under the Ramsar Convention. It serves as a transitional zone between fresh and brackish water, making it especially significant for migratory wildlife by providing a safe habitat for resting, nesting, and feeding a variety of waterbirds.
The Oasis embodies a delicate equilibrium in which tides, human activity, and natural processes continually reshape the landscape. It obviously is an ecostystem nested into a wider ecosystem, proteced, delimited, almost separeted from the regular life. This image functions as a small clue to the intricate web of life hidden in marginal or overlooked places and their real and symbolic values. This oasis plays a crucial role in the Mediterranean ecological network, linking up with other wetlands along the migratory routes of birds traveling from Africa to Central-Eastern Europe.
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