The Avant-Garde of Sensitivity: On Grzegorz Królikiewicz’s “The Trees”
The Avant-Garde of Sensitivity: On Grzegorz Królikiewicz’s “The Trees”
Author(s): Sylwia Borowska-KazimirukContributor(s): Łukasz Mojsak (Translator)
Subject(s): Sociology of Art
Published by: Widok. Fundacja Kultury Wizualnej
Keywords: Grzegorz Królikiewicz; Trees movie; Polish post-1989 transition; Anthropocene; off-screen space
Summary/Abstract: The author analyses Grzegorz Królikiewicz’s Trees (1994) in two ways: as a metaphor of the Polish post-1989 transition, and as an eco-horror presenting the complexity of relations between human and plant world. This binary interpretation attempts to answer the question about the causes of the failure of Trees as a film project. The film itself may also be interpreted as a story about historical conditions that affect the ability to create visual representations of the social costs of political changes, as well as ecocritical issues.
Journal: Widok. Teorie i Praktyki Kultury Wizualnej
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 22
- Page Range: 236-257
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English