​A site-specific performance project from a residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium. Using fungi and pine needles from the Koningsbos forest nearby, I made a series of sculptural paperworks. Some of the pulp was formed into geometric shapes which distorted and tore themselves into unique forms as they dried. The rest was formed into sheets and cut into squares when dry. 

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The paper pieces were shown on the Frans Masereel Centrum gallery floor in sunlight, separated from their environment by glass. After the show they were returned to the forest in a ceremony of reflection. The paper was highly toxic to humans. Forest Geometries was an act of meditation on how far we have come from being able to emulate the cycle of complete disintegration and regeneration of every other species, and a challenge to art-making culture which is often complicit in thoughtless consumption and pollution.

 

As it began to rain, the paper started to decompose back into the ground. The pieces resembled fallen leaves in jarringly geometric shapes. New leaves and pine needles fell on top of them, and tiny fungi sprouted up in the gaps. Several days later the pieces were still intact, but barely perceptible among the forest debris. Soon they had been completely reclaimed by a new generation of forest life.