WEAD initiated a new program of periodically making our Kunstmatrix Online Gallery available to members who wish to mount their own solo exhibition. Isabella La Rocca González, WEAD Board Member, was our inaugural exhibitor.

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Twelve years in the making, Censored Landscapes, by artist and author Isabella La Rocca González, unveils the hidden reality of farming animals. Without the use of brutal images of cruelty, the project offers a powerful and emotionally charged exploration. La Rocca González’s lens captures the haunting beauty of landscapes that portray the animal agricultural industry. A number included with each image represents the lives bred, confined, and slaughtered within the landscape, drawing attention to the magnitude of suffering behind the banal exteriors. Portraits of nonhuman animals who have been confined in such facilities are emblematic of the vast number of animals whose individuality, sentience, and beauty are obliterated by the industry.  

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The project has been published as a book by Lantern Publishing & Media and is available on Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. The book contextualizes the photographs with poignant story-telling, poetry, and meticulously documented research that illuminate the intricate web of connections between animal agriculture, animal suffering, environmental devastation, worker exploitation, human health, economic political structures, colonialism, and the most pressing issues of our time. It has been endorsed by artist and author Sue Coe, Nobel prize in Literature winner JM Coatzee, musician Moby, and many other luminaries.