Originally brought from South America to Italy for their use in the fur industry, Nutria (Myocastor coypus) has now become an invasive species.  They are found in large numbers in the Italian countryside and wetlands. Nutria are considered a garbage animal even before death, and are a strong symbol of our relationship with the natural environment as well as one another.

Senza Terra: Nutria, illustrates the extension of the side effects of human culture as also distorting the wild. The physical suspension of the animals is a metaphor of the empty biological space occupied by this species in the wild.  Also reflected, is a space in which the animal inhabits, between life and death.

Senza Terra: Nutria, is an installation diorama created for The Museum of Zoology in Rome.  It will be on exhibit until April 15^th, 2012.