Forest Virus

My two minute film 'Forest Virus' features a glitching virtual forest I created using 3D modelling software, overlaid with scientific and folkloric subtitles. These range from “trees warn each other of danger by sending electrical signals across a fungal network” to “it is bad luck to cut the branches because it will disturb the fairies”. It was inspired by an article which described the forest's communication network using digital metaphors. The glitching virtual forest is an inaccessible hidden place akin to a spiritual realm, dreamily floating between reality and fantasy. It meets the current information overload of the internet with the modern revival of ancient spiritual practises