Captivated by concepts of the divine, Melanie Bonajo explores the spiritual emptiness of her generation through photographs, performances, and films. She questions our shifting relationship with nature and tries to understand existential questions by looking at our domestic situation and changes to humanity at large. Her installations place the viewer firmly within an ‘active’ role.

All of those questions not only may go through the minds of exhibitors, but also through ours and the thousands of visitors that will walk the VOLTA canals. As we previewed the work, witnessing the installation several days before the doors opened to the public, we particularly paid attention to two special projects that quietly […]