Wall: a Story about Two Gardens in Three Parts
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Wall tells a story about ecological practice, unexpected connections and ambiguous communication. By intertwining the daily work of a permaculture project in the outskirts of Amsterdam with a speculative retelling of an old myth, we learn about how deeply rooted some preconceptions about agriculture and the environment can be, and what might a way out look like. This film is the result of ethnographic fieldwork conducted as part of a master research in visual anthropology in the University of Amsterdam.
Directed by Or Schaap
Or is an anthropologist and filmmaker with a focus on ecological engagement and practice. Following bachelor studies in philosophy, anthropology and performance, I graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a degree in visual anthropology. I’m interested in practices which blur or deconstruct the ontological barriers that separate many of us from our respective environments, while engaging a wide range of theoretical frameworks and in an investigation of grounded philosophy. In recent projects I explored themes such as ecological practice, permaculture, and interspecies communication, using a combination of sound, visual materials, and storytelling to demonstrate the importance of ecological awareness and engagement starting from an embodied personal level and expanding to societal and planetary scales.
Learn more: https://oschaap.com/
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