We invited falling into our new pattern of the land

by Gregory Euclide

We invited falling into our new pattern of the land. An intriguing title, it is well suited to this diorama-esque work, which confuses visual perception. Is this a vista or an aerial view? A painting or a sculpture? Upon inspection, it becomes clear that it is both (vista and aerial, painting and sculpture), but these discoveries only lead to more questions. Is this one place or many? Is it real or imaginary? Are the objects within it natural or manufactured? Trash or treasures? Are their intended effects playful or serious? In making these interventions into the genre of landscape painting—with its romanticizing tendencies—Gregory Euclide seems to call into question the very premise of a “natural” landscape and invites us to fall into a new pattern of seeing the land.