[Apparition of the Wild - Interview with Jamie Ross]Tools Ross, Jamie. [Apparition of the Wild - Interview with Jamie Ross]. Montréal, Qc: Centre des arts actuels Skol, 2012.
Official URL: http://skol.ca/en/programming/jamie-ross-the-appar...
Abstract (English)"Apparition of the Wild is a time-based and written exploration of the return of forests to Eastern Ontario. We descend over a landscape weary from centuries of invasion, territorial expropriation, from deforestation. Ross’ camera and pen guide us along an uncommon line of sight into the new forest, striking a tender balance between documenting and dreaming the (re)emergent cultures of the area by giving voice to its people, animate and inanimate. Songs and speech in the polyphonic throng of local tongues brings the continued reality of these cultural communities to the fore. Through the flow of sap, running of airplane and car motors, audio artifacts give agency to non-humans. Historical actions, speech and narrative are crucial to this understanding of contemporary place. Ross takes heavily from archival recordings, particularly of the timber industry which so radically transformed the landscape and the homosocial spaces of its labouring men. So too have generations of contemporary queer men gathered in sanctuary among the trees, creating powerful magical communities of creative resistance. The video works approach the emergent history of the rural landscape with a focus on resurgence following collapse, a theme which will serve as oracular as industrialized societies the world over develop resources to the breaking point. Resurgence of indigenous sovereignty, of sustainable subsistence agriculture, and of the diverse forest communities themselves" -- Publisher's website.
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