Lucy Davis, Shannon Lee Castleman, Zai Kuning, Zat Tang: The Secret Lives of Forest Products: A Collaboration about Teak, Humans & DNA
Title:
The Secret Lives of Forest Products: A Collaboration about Teak, Humans & DNA
Artist(s) and People Involved:
Exhibiting Artist(s):
- Lucy Davis
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Shannon Lee Castleman
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- Nanyang Technological University
- Zai Kuning
- Zat Tang
Symposium:
Medium:
Animated video
Duration:
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.
