Special Features: How do trees see?

A lone figure draws a shape by dazzling the camera with the help of a flashlight. The forest looks on as part of this dialogue, standing as witness of how the act becomes an artwork, light into a line. Some of the trees blur their treetops to show their appreciation.

Even though we call it a long exposure, a few seconds are brief when we consider the lifetime of an ancient forest tree, or the fertile soil that’s underneath it. Considering these different time frames, some things become funny to think about. Yet here we are, wondering how to orient ourselves in a place that has no electricity or phone service.

This is one of our entries for the #TezPhotoExp event. While we normally work with videoperformance and postproduction, our practice is definitively lens-based. Whenever we move to a place to execute ideas, we like experimenting with photography and different ways our tools see things.