In the series Metascapes, Gregor Radonjič focuses on images of landscapes that are recognisable and familiar at first glance, but which the artist transforms into something mysterious and exciting. His photographs explore the subtle tension between the natural and the artificial, between reality and illusion. Often, these are spaces that bear traces of degradation, abandonment or artificial intervention, but it is precisely this uncertainty of their origin that creates an ambiguous atmosphere – landscapes become scenes where it is no longer possible to clearly distinguish between “indigenous” nature and human intervention.

With this series, Radonjič questions our relationship with the environment – asking to what extent our view of nature is mediated by culture, the media and viewers’ expectations. His “metascapes” thus oscillate between documentary and fiction, as they are both real photographs of specific places and constructions shaped by the artist’s intervention. In this way, the works in Metascapes transcend classical landscape photography and establish a space for meditation on boundaries – physical, environmental, but also epistemological – between reality and its interpretations.

In the context of the debate on borders/borderlines, Radonjič’s series acts as a subtle critique of the contemporary perception of space; instead of being fixed and clearly defined, boundaries become fluid and elusive. The landscape unfolds as a space of “parallel realities”, where a dialogue takes place between the natural and the artificial, between the historical sedimentation of space and contemporary interventions that blur clear distinctions.