To the Woods / Wounds

2024

Video original footage

4m 26s

In this work I wanted to explore a landscape that contains many layers at the same time.

It started with a desire to go to woods, immersing myself amongst the trees. Humanity and Nature share the same natural elements: air, earth, fire and water. We may be able to restore our own energy through life exchange in this fluid world of elements.

I realised that going to the woods also meant visiting one’s ancestors and dreams in the unconscious world.

In this black & white video taken from the microscopic images of plants, tiny lives are vibrating in a vast landscape of unconsciousness.

You begin to hear people’s wounded voices from the past, present and future amidst the silent scenery.

If you go deeper into the darkness of the woods as you listen to these voices, you may gradually feel the signs of light coming from the earth. R.A.