The film is made deep in the forest, in what initially appears to be a sylvan idyll bathed in dappled pools of light. However, as the pace of the film increases, a number of trees start to fall mysteriously in front of the camera, crashing down to earth.

Many of the new photographs are taken primarily of the landscape around the forest. They have an almost fluid and bleached out appearance, through long exposures, and capturing images whilst moving. These are contrasted to very dark photographs of the trees and forest. As with the film, the work grapples with the pictorial and superficial beauty of this area and the darker horrors of its past that reside in this part of Eastern Europe.

The Forest was co-commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella in association with The Photographers’ Gallery.