Verbum Naturae by Mila Kotka

Verbum naturae by artist Mila Kotka presents a unique visual language she calls “bio-hieroglyphs” — ephemeral compositions made from endemic natural elements of specific biomes, arranged into abstract symbolic structures.

Captured through photos, videos, and VR just before they decay and return to nature, the artworks portray life’s cycle: birth, existence (being a form of art), and dissolution. Mila Kotka blends nature with technology, ethics, aesthetics, spiritual ideas, and science, seeking balance between extremes and captures this fragile harmony in the form of bio-hieroglyphs. This art practice turns nature compositions into a deep and personal language that nature speaks to us.

The book’s editor and designer Alexey Murashko captured the essence of diversity, spontaneity and inevitable erosion, and conveyed it throughout the book, together with an unexpectedly interactive cryptic map of the artist’s travels.