2021 | Future Forest
Future Forest is an immersive installation based on the Japanese concept of Shinrin-yoku, or Forest Bathing, the practice of being quietly, observantly and consciously in nature.
Using the visual language of abstraction, with colour, light and sound, Future Forest interprets the experience of walking amongst tall forest trees, gentle breezes and soft rain.
But here there is pretence. These trees are made of plastic, their trunks are painted steel, the sound is a recording. No natural elements are to be found in this place.
Future Forest hopes that it will never become reality.
It hopes that we will never need artificial forests to remind us of what used to be.
Future Forest
2020/2021
Steel pipes, aluminium rods, PVC pipes, concrete discs, polycarbonate sheeting, tape, paint, light, sound
5 ‘cells’ - each 2.6 x 2.6 x 47 cm
installation dimensions variable
Video credit: Corey Rankin
Using the visual language of abstraction, with colour, light and sound, Future Forest interprets the experience of walking amongst tall forest trees, gentle breezes and soft rain.
But here there is pretence. These trees are made of plastic, their trunks are painted steel, the sound is a recording. No natural elements are to be found in this place.
Future Forest hopes that it will never become reality.
It hopes that we will never need artificial forests to remind us of what used to be.
Future Forest
2020/2021
Steel pipes, aluminium rods, PVC pipes, concrete discs, polycarbonate sheeting, tape, paint, light, sound
5 ‘cells’ - each 2.6 x 2.6 x 47 cm
installation dimensions variable
Video credit: Corey Rankin
