With the possible exception of the rat,

human's are now the most numerous mammal on earth...

perhaps with that power must come responsibility.

 

AS A MAMMAL:

"Using a tape recording,

my dad once called all the owls in the forest to gather around us,

their haunting calls echoing through the dark trees...

I will never forget the quiet beauty and magic of it,

there was a sort of communion between kingdoms,

albeit a dialogue facilitated by technology.

Will our love affair with technology find a communion with nature or alienate us further?"

 

AS A STORYTELLER:

"I am trying to find new ways to tell stories,

new ways to be a filmmaker.

In the hundred years since the technology has existed

the way we experience cinema hasn't changed.

This experiment is one of my first forays into what I call future film,

you won't see my path yet, neither can I,

but I feel it will be my El Dorado.

I am scouting along the arteries of lucid dreaming - it's a voyage of discovery.

When I get there I will have found you."

 

 

 

These creatures are Endemic - they are found nowhere else on earth.

 

All the creatures you see in the project could exist in the area if the trees they are nailed to weren’t there.

 

The stretch of road between Kirstenbosch Botanical gardens and Hout Bay is a contentious area on the frontlines of conservation principles verse the comfort of humans.

 

Parts of the road fall within the Table Mountain National Park, which seeks to protect a valuable part of the celebrated Fynbos Biome, the smallest and most biodiversity rich per unit of area of the world’s six floristic kingdoms, and the only floral kingdom to be hosted by one nation.

 

A fundamental directive of conservation is the eradication of alien species as they pose a threat to biodiversity and indigenous species. However people want to walk their dogs, cycle, run etc in the shade of the forest. A forest of aliens... and so an interesting dynamic is created, and one that is perhaps indicative of a bigger story unfolding on our planet.