The term “indigenous” conjures up in our minds the existence, often bygone, of a primitive people who left few traces on their biotope. The term evokes a local anteriority, a sort of history before history, with a strong phantasmagorical power. This forgotten, uncharted territory remains to be explored. This photographic fiction proposes to resurrect the savage that lies dormant beneath the layers of our past, and to confront it with modernity and the reality it produces.

How would a native look at our world? Through this prism, a forward-looking vision emerges from this temporal coexistence. The chosen elements of reality are discernible as formal artefacts whose use or common sense are no longer sufficient. They are invested by our collective imaginations. They initiate a kind of archaeological process on the present, seeking to elaborate prophecies in the face of socio-ecological challenges. Our relationship with the world is changing inexorably, and perhaps tomorrow the stars will have become the outskirts of our civilisation, and we will once again be the natives of our territories.