Birdsong
- This publication accompanies the exhibition The Woodcarver and the Forest at Kasteel van Gaasbeek (Belgium), running from June 27 to November 16, 2025
Birdsong brings together three video works by David Claerbout – The Woodcarver and the Forest, Birdcage and Backwards Growing Tree – each a meditation on time, perception and the poetics of the natural world. In an era dominated by speed and distraction, Claerbout reclaims the longue durée, offering a contemplative, detoxed form of filmmaking.
Accompanied by a poem by Stefan Hertmans, this volume explores the myths of digitisation, the rhythms of nature, growth and degrowth. Birdsong is a visual journey through the imaging ideas that the artist has developed over the past decade.
This publication coincides with Claerbout’s exhibition At the window at Gaasbeek Castle.
Text in English, French and Dutch.
- Publisher
- Hannibal Books
- ISBN
- 9789493416154
- Published
- 14th Jul 2025
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- World excluding Benelux, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, and Italy
- Size
- 300 mm x 245 mm
- Pages
- 128 Pages
- Name of series
- David Claerbout
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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