The video refers to the book “The Woods (Hyle)” by the twenty-first century Russian philosopher Vladimir Bibikhin (1938-2004), in which he describes the forest as living substance and the person in it. Bibikhin argues that although most of human society no longer live in forests or close to them, our existence is still profoundly linked to them.
The spoken words are a quote from his book:
" It is at that moment, when seems to us we are cut off from life, abandoned, alone, left to ourselves, seeking and unable to find, a burden to ourselves and wanting an end to ourselves - it is then, and perhaps only then, that we are fully belong to life, having taken up its Cross. Nobody has promised we will find a way out - we should immediately rid ourselves of illusions.”
HYLE
Video Karina Baratova.
Music by Rzeng.
Actor Valter Tsurkan.
Voice by Paul Barclay.
2023
This work was part of HALUCYNACJE / HALLUCINATIONS program, which in 2023 became part of the Night of Museums program of the Wrocław Contemporary Museum.
HALUCYNACJE / HALLUCINATIONS is a selection of fifteen student works and two works by teachers from ASP Wroclaw, Media Art department.