CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TREES

2024 1-Channel-Video 54min

LENA MARIA HELD / MARCUS NEBE

In Conversations about Trees, Gespräche über Bäume, we immerse ourselves in the world of the forest. The filmmakers Lena Maria Held and Marcus Nebe talk to people from the Ore Mountains in the former GDR about the role that nature and plants play in their lives and follow them into the world of ancient lime trees and oaks. There they encounter trees that are story tellers, friends and healers. Together with their protagonists, they explore the knowledge and treasures that the forests generously offer us, especially in difficult times. 

During her time as Artist in Residence of the program Orte der Demokratie (places of democracy) in the small town of Augustusburg in the Ore Mountains, Saxony, Lena Maria Held came across an old linden tree planted in the castle's yard in 1421. She was fascinated by the tree and started filming it. Together with the artist and film maker Marcus Nebe from Leipzig they met people from the region who cultivate a special relation to nature and trees and who offered tho share their thoughts on what we humans can learn from trees for our coexistence.

Fotoaufnahmen der Ausstellung im Lehngericht Augustusburg © Jana Margarete Schuler

Das Artist in Residence Stipendium im Lehngericht Augustusburg wurde gefördert durch das Projekt Orte der Demokratie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Soziales, Gesundheit und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt.