Single Channel Video Installation Duration 5 minutes
The UK is home to ancient temperate rainforests, thousands of years old often referred to as the lost rainforests. Here two worlds meet - forest and fungi - supporting and visually mirroring each other, mycelial networks spread like the tree canopy above. This underestimated symbiosis drives all life on earth. Plants, soil, animals, fungi and microbes return lost carbon into the soil on a global scale to begin to heal our planet. Once covering 20% of the western coastline, they are rapidly dwindling, now covering just 1% of our country. These rare and biodiverse ecosystems contain epiphytes - plants that grow on plants, mosses, lichens, polypody ferns and gnarly twisted oak trees and a bounty of wildlife.
Directed, Produced & Edited by Joya Berrow Cinematography & Grade by Buster Grey-Jung Sound Design & Music by Cosmo Sheldrake Featuring Fungi Clips by Patrick Hickey & Wim Van Egmond Camera Assistant & Copy Edit by Cleodie Oliphant
Curated & Ex. Produced by The Land Gardeners Produced with support from Mars as part of Soil : The World At Our Feet
Where Two Kingdoms Meet, on display at Soil : The World At Our Feet exhibition at Somerset House; unearthing the wonder of soil, its unbreakable bond to all life, and the vital role it plays in our planet’s future. Exhibition is on 23rd January - 13th April 2025
