Ori Gersht - Forest

Ori Gersht - Forest, 2006
16 mm film transferred to DVD, color, sound
Running time: 13:22 min
Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

If a tree falls in a forest and there is nobody to hear it, does it make a sound?




Shot deep in the Moskolovka Forest in the Ukraine, Forest echoes the violent history of this border territory contested by Ukrainians, Poles, Russians and Germans. Ori Gersht records a series of graceful, processional pans across bands of individual trees. Gradually the eye notices a number of trees mysteriously falling, with the soundtrack amplifying the sound of each crash (MIC - Media and Interdisciplinary Art Center).



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