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 footage from the immersive VR world.
Fotos from exhibition opening at Museum of Urban Wooden Architecture by Martyna Bakaitė-Burokienė