Project Birch Forest

 

Project Birch Forest

 Birch Forest is a conceptual model of the world that represents a natural habitat of life. Birch Forest is a unifying space. People have lived together with and separately from trees for millions of years. This is a journey through endless birch trees in which travelers are viewers and participants. Led by curiosity, they follow lights and mysterious sounds to find their own paths that lead them to discoveries …
We enter the world through a dark passage and hear a baby’s first cry. We see photographs of mothers from around the world and hear lullabies in languages from Hindi to Inuit. We find a meadow in the middle of the forest. Green patches of grass (pillows) are scattered around. We can sit or lie down and look at the ceiling where the universe is emerging, then destroyed and recreated in endless repetition. We can relax in tranquility and peace. We smell forest scents: grass, earth, flowers, mushrooms. We hear the sounds of birds, thunderstorms and wind. We can walk further and explore, choose our own path and follow it…
 There are many trails in the forest, they lead to art – post-modernist, abstract, naive. Photography (political, everyday life, surreal). Erotic art - minimalist, hints and sounds from a tent installation. Some of the paths lead to film, video and animation installations. Others lead to painting installations. Today they might lead to music. Tomorrow to poetry and dance. One of the trails brings us to a mini-bazaar with precious little treasures we hope to find at flea markets. It’s all quite lifelike,..