How to Build a Forest
(2022), single channel cine-essay, 16mm
dir. Jenn Tran | 06”34’ | AUSTRALIA
Centering her perspective from Agnes Denes' land artwork 'A Forest For Australia' (1998), a scientist from a distant future returns to Earth to understand how her colony might build its first forest. What begins as a scientific mission becomes a meditation on place, memory and the weight of progress.
director, animator, producer: Jenn Tran
writers: Kelly Bartholomeusz, Jenn Tran
sound designer, composer: Mara Schwerdferger
camera operator, cinematographer: Veronica Charmont
voice over: Jessica Douglas-Henry
16mm processing & scanning: nanolab,MEMEORY Lab, Jordan James Kaye
additional support: Damien Laing, HRAFF & Directors Circle, Footscray Community Arts, Robert Stephenson, Docklands Library Makerspace, OPEN Lab, SOUND KITCHEN, Scout Management, Greater Western Water
Comissioned by Human Rights & Arts Film Festival
dir. Jenn Tran | 06”34’ | AUSTRALIA
Centering her perspective from Agnes Denes' land artwork 'A Forest For Australia' (1998), a scientist from a distant future returns to Earth to understand how her colony might build its first forest. What begins as a scientific mission becomes a meditation on place, memory and the weight of progress.
director, animator, producer: Jenn Tran
writers: Kelly Bartholomeusz, Jenn Tran
sound designer, composer: Mara Schwerdferger
camera operator, cinematographer: Veronica Charmont
voice over: Jessica Douglas-Henry
16mm processing & scanning: nanolab,MEMEORY Lab, Jordan James Kaye
additional support: Damien Laing, HRAFF & Directors Circle, Footscray Community Arts, Robert Stephenson, Docklands Library Makerspace, OPEN Lab, SOUND KITCHEN, Scout Management, Greater Western Water
Comissioned by Human Rights & Arts Film Festival
