Butoh dancer standing in front of Trea and google map screenshot.

The Myth of the Liminal Old-Growth

performance / installation / artwork
Artistic Director: JOANNA ZABIELSKA
3D World: JOANNA ZABIELSKA
2024

The Myth of the Liminal Old-Growth is a mythical forest, a liminal zone of transition between life and death, located in the virtual realm developed by Joanna Zabielska, enriched with sound composition by Zosia Holubowska and physical installation created by Alma Bektas, curated by Improper Walls.

This sci-fi/mythological forest is a digital habitat for spirits and ghosts- inspired by slavic, pre-christian beliefs and mythological stories of Perun and Veles, as well as Leshy and a nonfictional narrative based on documentary footage and testimonies. It consists of 3D scans taken in various, intentionally selected places in Austria (Wiener Wald and Wiener Alpen), Poland (Old Growth close to Polish–Belarusian Border) and Japan (Aokigahara and Yakushima), enriched with imaginary 3D models and textures.

Video Trailer

Video footage from the immersive VR world.

Image Gallery

Fotos from exhibition opening at Museum of Urban Wooden Architecture by Martyna Bakaitė-Burokienė

Installation out of forrest material.
Stills from the video with button performer.
Person wearing VR glasses
Person wearing VR glasses by the installation
Personę wearing VR glasses by the installation.
Stills from the video with button performer.