Natura Viva

Natura Viva in italian, a still life is called natura morta.
dead nature.
this one is called natura viva.
for now.

this apple does not age with time.
it ages with you.

every visit takes a bite.
small, invisible, yours.
no one will ever see it whole again.

this is a participatory artwork.
it is not complete without you,
and it cannot survive you.
or maybe it can.

the first apple cost us paradise.
this one only costs a click.

at first, attention makes it ripe.
then attention starts to eat it.
bite after bite, the flesh turns brown,
like everything does
once it has been opened.
what happens after,
not even the apple knows.

no one tells you how many have looked.
no number. no proof.
only the apple, changing.

you came here to see it.
seeing it is how it disappears.

Natura Viva, 2026–∞
Art Goes Banana
participatory net art, online art intervention
medium: one apple, the attention of its visitors
duration: until further notice

note: in participatory art the audience is not a spectator but a material of the work. here, the material is your attention. by opening this page, you have already taken part.
congratulations, you just became an artist.
whatever happens to the apple now is partly your work.