
Forest on Location
Forest on Location
12 min., 2018
Forest on Location is a virtual replica of the last remains of the primaeval forest Białowieża. The 11,800-year-old Białowieża forest, located in the border region between Poland and Belarus, has been a wellspring of European imagination for centuries, forming the backdrop for legends, myths and fairytales. Throughout its history the forest has been assigned various roles: from a cultural and historical construct to a fought-over economic resource and a political hot potato. Despite its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, its continued existence, until recently, was threatened by extensive logging. Using footage shot on location, Margit Lukács and Persijn Broersen created a digital ‘back-up’ of the disappearing forest, converting two-dimensional photographic documentation into a three-dimensional environment that forms the backdrop for the performance of Iranian opera singer Shahram Yazdani.
Broersen and Lukacs