SONIC TOMORROW – Wounds heal in the green of newborn life
Multi-channel sound installation
With the passage of time, the wounds heal and are covered with the greenery of newborn life. Simona Kossak, Saga Puszczy Białowieskiej
The Białowieża Forest, arbitrarily crossed by the border between Poland and Belarus, is a lifesource for a multitude of living beings. Many are only able to survive within the forest’s embrace. Bison, lynxes, wolves, and countless trees, fungi, and other organisms are entangled in its ancient and regenerating natural rhythms.
The forest is reluctant to accept visitors, but at the same time gives them shelter. Belarussian minorities hid in the forest’s depths during the time of bieżenstwo (exile). Local Jewish populations found refuge in its ecosystem during the Nazi occupation. Now people on the move are crossing its swampy terrains in search of safety.
Combining field recordings and storytelling, this immersive sound installation explores the Białowieża Forest as a complex ecosystem under threat. By tracing the sonic shadows of the forest’s past and present, the work weaves together layered narratives of border fluidities and more-than-human solidarities as ground for offering speculative imaginaries of a borderless future.
SONIC TOMORROW (Hanna Grześkiewicz & Julian Rieken) is a collective of artists, researchers, and activists seeking to query the place and performance of political action and activism within discourses and...
Hanna Grześkiewicz is a curator, artist, and researcher working with sound and words. Her practice is centred on the relationship of art with social movements, listening, and sonic fictions. She...
Julian Amandus Rieken is an artist, curator, educator and writer, working at the intersection of (sound) culture, artistic research, community experiences and ecological and social action. Guided by collaborative, collective...