BookReview: Re-thinking the Human–Nature Divide. Patrick Lacan and Marion Besançon. Verts. Rue de Sèvres, 2024. ISBN: 9782810206070
Verts by Patrick Lacan and Marion Besançon examines how societies react when established boundaries between human and non-human life begin to dissolve. Through the metaphor of vegetal metamorphosis, the graphic novel explores themes like otherness, collective identity, social fear, and the emergence of new forms of coexistence beyond dominant cultural frameworks. Read alongside Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow (2024), the work reflects a broader transformation in contemporary visual culture, where ecological crisis and social change are increasingly narrated through affect, vulnerability, and interdependence rather than through traditional anthropocentric perspectives.
