COOP SUMMIT 2023 ~ COULD A SOUND PERSIST - UNDER SANDS - UNSEEN? 

{is} a multimedia performance. The rehearsal {is} circular, under construction, under≈sand. <Back Is Forward, and Forward is Back>, as we draw on dust with our pointed tails.

{is} an invitation. To bifurcate, become roots, stand branched. <Below Is Above, And Above Is Below> it whispers, while your feet are sinking in the sand in motion. 

{is} a prediction. A prophecy of sound, a shadow of the world below. A postcard amulet of Robinia lineament, a portal, a whirl. A voice that foresees, if you blink, you’ll miss it. 

{is} a looped window on a secret forest. A layer of layers, a reptilian cry. A root that connects, disguised. Unveils, retraces, repeats, recites. 

{roots} from the group’s collaborative one year study. Reflecting on human and more-than-human temporalities, symbiosis, swamp knowledge(s), (dis)placement and site-specificity, the performance draws questions on scale(s), circular rhythms and subterranean sounds to generate a multimedia and pixelated image of the forest.

The fortuneteller foresees wearing shoes that comfortably linger the extension of time. Mind the sun, mind the clouds.

Contributors: Adriana A. Leanza, Gloria Sogl, Julia von Schantz, Meii Soh, Ronja Sommer, Ros del Olmo, Seán Bean, Seré, Stephen McEvoy, Thamyres Matarozzi.

Tutor Team: Egija Inzule, Jurga Daubaraitė, Jonas Žukauskas

Educational Partner: Neringa Forest Architecture

Commisioner & facilitator: DAI Roaming Academy.

More information on the yearlong trajectory of COOP study group FOREST AS IMAGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE Exploited, Assembled, Constructed, Protected, Cared for – Projections, Relations, Definitions – Forest Operational Images can be found here

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COOP SUMMIT 2023