alisa tanaka-king

An immersive installation created at the Arteles Creative Residency in Finland 2014.

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There is always a forest. From the very beginning fairytales teach us the ever important basics:

– The number 3 is supreme
– magic is real and available to those who seek it
– Enter the forest and you will probably get lost, but come out the other side, beat all odds, and you will find your place in the world, come into your own.

In fairytales you enter the forest, come out the other side, and it all makes sense.
But what if the forest consumes you?
If fairytales (and the forests within them) are about BECOMING, what happens when the forest, growing wild and rampant, is your UN-BECOMING.