We may no longer live with nature, but we cherish the idea we have of it, an infinitely replicable concept that lends itself to every fantasy and market. For his second solo show at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Théo Mercier deploys a two-stage narrative around the object. While the museum’s permanent collections replay the ambiguous notion of curiosities in a theatrical display, the dramaturgy of the temporary room plunges visitors into a space with biotechnological charm, somewhere between playground, pet shop and behavioral psychology study, to reveal the artificiality of our relationship with nature. From feelings of solitude to ecological peril, Théo Mercier examines the complex degradation of our relationship with nature, staging a succession of anticipatory rooms that unfold like an artificial garden, in which the visitor is potentially the first witness of an imminent post-natural catastrophe.