This short film explores the entanglements of smoke and pixels, trees and humans, loss and recovery. When the filmmaker dives into a burnt forest in Oregon, U.S.A., memory and place begin to unravel. Her voice shares personal reflections on loss while glimpses of bare soil, rock formations and mountains form new horizons. A montage of found footage, Google Maps explorations, and material recorded during fieldwork form a new narrative. The film plays with ideas of fiction and reality and questions our relationship with the on- and offline environments we inhabit.
This film will be screened simultaneously at Conflictorium as part of our #Junction_Ahmedabad, followed by a shared discussion.
Suzanne Schaaf holds a bachelor in theatre directing and teaching (Amsterdam University of the Arts), and a master’s degree in visual anthropology (UvA). She has an interest in artistic research and site specific theatre. Her work is often connected to placemaking, memory, landscape and transition. She prefers to work interdisciplinary when doing research, where the outcome isn’t fixed on one form or product but rather depends on the research process. She grew up in the Netherlands, but has developed a strong connection with the United States where most of her family comes from.
