XR, 2026

In Förgreningar,  I explores the human relationship with the forest and new ways of creating contact with nature, as research shows that people are increasingly less in direct contact with the natural world (Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2015). The project addresses this by approaching nature with curiosity and wonder, opening up alternative ways of understanding and encountering it. Through the process, I seeks a personal relationship with nature that can also invite others to reflect on their own relationship with the forest.

As part of one eARTh Creative Labs, I work closely with a tree over an extended period of time, allowing me to encounter its form and the relationship that gradually develops between us. During this process, I gathers traces of our interactions, both in the form of physical material and through internal processes, bodily encounters, and movement.

This material forms the basis for an installation in eXtended Reality (XR), where the physical and digital meet. A sculptural installation, built from materials from the site, is combined with an AR experience accessed via mobile phone, allowing visitors to engage with the traces that emerged in the encounter between me and the tree. The work moves within the boundary between physical and extended reality and invites reflection on how we encounter the forest, and how nature can be understood as a living being with intrinsic value rather than merely a resource.

Referens
Stockholm Resilience Centre. (2015, 19 februari). What is resilience? Stockholm University.
https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2015-02-19-what-is-resilience.html