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Synopsis:
In time immemorial, a sun deity placed a fragment of his heart in a tree in the Onyo forest. Thus was born the Tree of Light, which brought the world out of darkness and allowed life to develop. But... this energy is not eternal. Every hundred years, the living gather in a sacred ritual to restore this energy. You will take your place in this ritual, guided by a shaman deer, and participate in the rebirth of this legendary tree.
The experience :
Between 3 to 12 participants per session are invited to sit around a luminous branch of the Tree, to close their eyes and put a headphone on their ears. They will then discover this unique ecological fables for the next 13 minutes.
How to broadcast the experience :
There are different scenographic and experiential versions to adapt the work to all types of spaces and audiences, and to amaze the greatest number. From hosting the Tree of Light in a Yurt, to a very small installation easy to travel, and even digital version of the experience that can work on tablets.
The note of intention:
By mixing art and science, the work mobilizes the powers of fiction to take a step aside and explore other imaginaries of life. The authors, Yann Garreau and Charlotte-Amélie Veaux, draw on contemporary works on ecology. Influenced by the work of the philosopher Baptiste Morizot, devoted to the relationship between humans and the living, they deliver a dreamlike narrative that gives a voice to animals and plants.
What if we lived in tune with the other living beings that inhabit the world alongside us? And if their voice was as strong as ours, what would they say? What new collective fact could bring us together? How can we coexist in symbiotic logics?
These questions have built a collective narrative that blurs the boundary between humans and other living things. We rediscover a rich, animated fauna and flora that never ceases to amaze us and to take care of each other. The work participates in the fall of stress and anxiety as a walk in the forest might, thanks to a breath exercise that is the main interaction of the narrative.
The Tree of Light is a call for the regeneration of living ecosystems.
