Lucy Davis, Shannon Lee Castleman, Zai Kuning, Zat Tang: The Secret Lives of Forest Products: A Collaboration about Teak, Humans & DNA

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The Secret Lives of Forest Products: A Collaboration about Teak, Humans & DNA

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Animated video

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24’00”

Artist Statement:

This film is a visual art, science, and ecology exploration which traces the historic, genetic, material, and poetic journeys of a 1950s teak bed found in a Singapore junk store back to a location in Southeast Asia where the original teak tree may have grown. The project brings together cross-cultural natural histories, micro- and macro-arboreal influences and DNA timber tracking technology.

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