Parallel paths

Application summary

Parallel paths is a documentary film project which will be also expanded into a form of audio-visual installation/exhibition. At the center of the project will be an exploration of the interaction between wild animals and humans, examining the implications of our mutual coexistence. It will focus on the people’s desire to approach, observe and experience wildlife and at the same time, it will be an artistic endeavour to balance the typically human oriented relationship between a man and a wild animal by emphazising animal presence and viewpoint. The project will encourage to consider the world from a non-human perspective and will also reflect on the impact of human disturbing interference on the natural environment with particular focus on the soundscape where sounds emerging from nature and wildlife are increasingly obscured by human disruptive activities. We will examine those topics through the narratives of both human and animal protagonists whose paths cross and intertwine in the wilderness. We will follow a nature photographer specialized in taking pictures of wild animals, a sound recordist capturing natural soundscapes and a wild deer living in the forest. We will aim to research the nature of their interspecies encounters from various perspectives and investigate how human protagonists perceive, approach and experience the wilderness. The project will be based mostly on documentary footage combining both observatory and poetic approach with expanded, narrative soundscape where multiple sonic stories resonate and intertwine. It will be edited as two versions: a mid-length documentary film and a multi-channel audiovisual installation/exhibition.