‘Necessity 1: Forests’ is the fifth video in the series ‘Never Just A Tree’, as part of the residency ‘The Wood Wide Web’ in collaboration with the Kielderhead Wildwood Project, Kielder. The 5th-7th videos in this series talk about the necessity of different types of network: why do they matter?

–PROJECT–

The project is coordinated by VARC and funded through the residency partners for the programme ENTWINED. Rural. Land. Lives. Art. The partner on Shane’s project is Northumberland Wildlife Trust: varc.org.uk/entwined/

Shane’s residency is co-funded by the Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Fund: artscouncil.ie/home/

–LINKS–

Artist website: shanefinan.org/

Project description page: varc.org.uk/entwined/shane-finan/

Project overview: Further information on this video: varc.org.uk/shane-finan-necessity-forest/

–CREDITS–

Direction, editing, animation, video and audio: shane finan

Fifth voice on ‘never just a tree’: menelaos gkartzios

Music used under Licence from Free Music Archive and Archive.org:

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