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Publisher Note
Birdsong features stills and documents 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 digitization, 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 2025 exhibition At the window at Gaasbeek Castle.
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| Release Place | Veurne, Belgium |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Release Date | 2015 |
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Artist:
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ISBN-13:
9789493416154
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| Subform | Photobook |
| Topics | Nature |
| Methods | Photography |
| Language | English, French, German |
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| Format | Hardcover |
| Dimensions | 24.5 × 30.0 cm |
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| Pages | 128 |
