I'll SEE

YOU

IN THE TREES

 

work in process

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Indoor (or outdoor) Installation

Audio video animation

Duration: continuous-loop

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Artwork, concept, instalation, and digital processing:

Nina Sumarac Jablonsky

Drawings: 100 voluntary participants from different fields.

Animation and video editing: Marinos Savva, Christos Georgiou and Nicos Synnos (LAR)

Music composition, sound design, technical surround sound mixing

           and technical set up for the installation: Dimitris Savva

Text: Dr Frosoulla Kofterou

Sound: “Studena, Klana, Croatia” by wild_rumpus is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Creative Commons License.

Recorded by Ivo Vicic.  "Recorded in May, in Studena woodlands, Croatia. Morning at 8 h 36 min. Temp: 16C"

 

 

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Theme: Inspiration for the title is taken from the lyrics  “Sycamore Trees” by Angelo Badalamenti / David K. Lynch

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For Carl Jung, the tree symbolized the Self, androgyny (integration and equality between the masculine and feminine principles), and individuation.

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 “I see you in the trees” is a comparative study of people and trees, which explores humanity and its complexities within the context of nature, thus forging a path to self-realization. In a bid to convey dynamic connectivity, which neutralizes bias while initiating empathy and compassion, participants were asked to illustrate their innermost self while considering the anatomical attributes of trees. It is these deep personal insights, which the artist has forested into a collective plantation of 100 curated selves/people that offers viewers a truly polyphonous experience. Re-establishing this symbiotic connection is an attempt at saving trees and people simultaneously, since both are under threat.