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2025 Interview with Hazel Clarke:https://www.thegazemagazine.com/blank-1

SUPRAWORLD  unfolds as a contemporary photographic fairy tale exploring notions of freedom, diverse perspectives, and the realities of the mass poultry industry. Captured is a fortunate community of free-roaming poultry mingling with wild birds amidst ancient trees in the magical Crystal Palace Park of Porto, Portugal—a historical and beautiful ‘green lung’ deeply connected to the city’s world heritage.The term Supra evoke ideas of transcendence, perception beyond the ordinary, and the ability to navigate different perspectives of one reality—like birds that embrace both the heavens above and the world below.

Since the dawn of human culture, birds have also been powerful symbols of freedom, peace, love, strength, beauty, and the soul’s transformative journey—all of which resonate deeply within this work. Surreal scenes of birds and plants come to life in a video of animated still photography alongside hanging photographs printed on textile. Both incorporate interventions solely in the skies—celestial bodies and shifting weather patterns—in eternal change, while the bird and plant scenes are photographed in a classic, unchanged documentary way without AI interventions.These happy birds starkly contrast with the harsh realities faced by their confined, short-lived counterparts in industrial poultry mass farming. Against the backdrop of a global decline in biodiversity—dramatically accelerated by population growth and intense industrialization in the Anthropocene—the poultry in the park serve as a poignant reminder of humanity’s impact on nature’s balance. Yet, the invisible connection and influence of billions of years of cycles of stars and planets in our galaxy on Earth’s climate and life cannot be ignored either. Direct contact with nature and animals at eye level awakens holistic awareness and calls for common-sense actions instead of ideologically manipulative words.

As contemporary mass media discourses increasingly limit freedom of speech through a focus on fear, violence, and over-sexualized narratives, the fine line between reality, utopia, and dystopia begins to blur to unhealthy levels, creating a distorted space. Here, it is also explored how socio-ecological, political, cultural, religious, and ideological belief systems have shaped ‘materialized realities’ throughout human history.

Why a fairytale narrative?
Supraworld  rekindles the power of fairy tales, a force that has inspired imagination and imparted wisdom for thousands of years, across all ages. In an era of seemingly endless acceleration, marked by immense socio-political and cultural-ecological pressures, living beings are forced to adapt to machines rather than the other way around. This unnatural pace—combined with the constant demands for speed, performance, and presence with an excessive imperative for self  marketing and media—has made the human race less healthy. Sleep deprivation, in particular, weakens the immune system and has psychological effects. Therefore, nurturing creativity and connection with nature—independent of digital devices—offers a simple yet vital health strategy. This form of creative expression strengthens the natural formation of new neural pathways, improving memory, intuition, and problem-solving skills, ultimately fostering greater autonomy. It also helps individuals navigate the increasingly complex digital landscape, where the ability to distinguish between the real and the unreal has become an essential survival skill.