OPEN ECO: Mónica Almereyda, Intervened Landscapes (2026)

This series investigates landscape through experimental photographic processes, asking how far a city can expand before transforming the territory beyond recognition. It focuses on the Sierra de Guadalupe, a protected mountain in the northern Valley of Mexico increasingly threatened by urban growth. Through mordançage, the photographic emulsion dissolves, causing the mountain to gradually disappear. Rather than simply documenting environmental loss, the image materializes a possible future in which the landscape can no longer recover. By making this disappearance tangible, the work invites us to imagine the consequences of urban expansion and reconsider our relationship with the environments we inhabit.

Mónica Almereyda (Mexico, 1992) is a visual artist with studies in Cinematography and Analog Photography whose practice explores personal, political, social, and environmental realities through experimental photography. Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Austria, and Croatia, including Rovinj Photodays, where she received first place in the Portrait category in 2026. Her research has been presented at Cali Foto Fest and the National Congress of Analog Photography. She was a Jóvenes Creadores fellow (2023–2024) and a PECDA recipient (2025).

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